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1899. 


tXE(yTlVEi(OllN(Il  Of  STATL 

Gov.  Leslie  M.  Shaw, -      -     President 

Hon.  Geo.  L.  Dobson, Secretary  of  State 

*Hon.  C.  G.  McCarthy,  -----  Auditor  of  State 
Hon.  John  Herriott,  .  -  .  -  -  Treasurer  of  State 
*A .  E.  Shipley,     ------      .     -     -     -    Seci-etary 


=  Succeeded  by  HOX.  FRANK  F.  MERRIAM 
•  Succeevled  by  A.  H.  DAVISON 


GEORGE  L.  DOBSON. 
Hecretarv  of  State. 


1  RANK    F.    iMERKIAM 
Auditor  of  State. 


JOHX  HERKUyrT, 
Treasurer  of  Stale. 


Iowa  Trans  Mississippi  and  International 
(ommission. 

S.  H.  MALLORY,  Chariton 

ALLAN  DAWSON.  Des  Moines 
GEO.  \V.  McCOlD.  Logan 

FRANK  N.  CHASE,  Cedar  Falls 

S.  B.  PACKARD.  Marshalltown 
S.   D.  COOK.  Davenport 

R.  H.  MOORE.  Ottumwa. 

.INCX  H.   WALLBAXK.  Mt    Pleasant 
J.  E.  E.  MARKLEY.  Mason  City. 
OWEN  LO\EJOY.  Jefferson 

*A.  W.  ERWIN.  Sioux  Citv 

*J()HN  F    MERRY,  Manchester 


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OffKIAL  ROSTER. 

President S.  H.  MALLORY 

Vice-President  ALLAN  DAWSON 

Treasurer GEO.  W.  McCOlD 

Superintendent  and  Secretary  .FRANK  N.  CHASE 


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S.  B.  PACKARD 


Executive  Committee. 

S.  D.  COOK 


S    H.  MALLORY 


R.  H.  MOORE 


J.  E.  E,  MARKLEY 


JNO.  H.  VVALLBANK 


Auditing  Committee. 


OWEN  LOVEJOY 


J.  E.  E.  MARKLEY 


Committee  on  Transportdtion. 

JOHN  F.  MERRY. 


J.  E.  E.  MARKLEY 


Committee  on  Ceremonies. 

S.  B.  PACKARD 


FRANK  N.  CHASE. 


*  Appointed  to  succeed  Frank  N.  Chase,  who  resigned 

to  accept  position  of  Superintendent  and  Secretary 
'  A.  W.  ERWIN  did  not  qualify 


EX-GOVENOR  FRANCIS  M.  DRAKE. 


c.  G.  McCarthy, 

Ex-Auditor  of  Stato. 


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Table  of  Contents. 


Page. 

Title     5 

Executive  Council   of  State    7 

Roster  of  Iowa  T-M.  »&  I.  Exposition  Commission 11 

Letter  of  Transmittal    17 

Report   of   President    19 

Address  to  the  People  of  the  State  21 

Report   of   Executive   Committee    23 

Report   of   Superintendent   and    Secretary 35 

Salvage  Account    42 

Schedule  of  Exhibits  Turned  Over  to  State 43 

Report,  Department  of  Fine  Arts   45 

Report,  Department  of  Live  Stock   47 

Report    of   Agricultural    Department    71 

Report  of  Dairy  Department   79 

Report  of  Apiary  Department   SI 

Report,   Department  of  Horticulture    87 

Report  of  Committee  on  Ceremonies    91 

Report    of   Treasurer    135 

Report  of  Auditing  Committee    137 

Detailed   Financial   Statement    137 

Resolution    of   Executive    Council    of    State 175 

Roster   of   Employees   at    Iowa   Buildirg  and  Exhibits 177 

Board   of   Management,   T-M.    &    I.    Exposition 179 


Letter  ol  Tmnsmittiil. 


To  His  Excellency,  Leslie  M.   Shaw,   Governor  of  Iowa. 

Dear  Sir:  Chapter  149  of  the  Laws  of  the  26th  General  Assembly,  en- 
titled "An  Act  to  provide  for  an  exhibit  of  the  resources  of  the  State  of 
Iowa  at  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition,  to  be  held  at 
Omaha  in  the  year  1898,"  and  approved    April  17th,  1896, 

Provides  that  "At  the  close  of  its  services,  the  Commission  shall  make 
to  the  Governor  a  statement  of  its  proceedings  which  shall  include  a  list  of 
disbursements    with   complete    vouchers  therefor." 

In  compliance  with  the  statute  we  have  the  honor  to  submit  to  you  the 
financial  statement,  accompanied  by  the  report  of  the  Superintendent  and 
Secretary  and  reports  of  Commissioners  who  have  had  charge  of  depart- 
ments and  all  standing  committees,  showing  the  work,  promotion  and  in- 
stallation, and  the  prosecution  ^of  the  work  outlined  in  the  act  and  com- 
mitted to  us  by  the  Executive*  Council  of  State.  The  reports  are  de- 
signed to  show  to  some  extent  the  participation  of  Iowa  in  the  Trans-Miss- 
issippi Exposition,  in  the  exhibition  of  the  resources  and  possibilities  of 
our  great  commonwealth,  at  this  first  great  western  exposition,  together 
-with    an  account   of    disbursements   and  proper  vouchers  therefor. 

Very  Respectfully  Submitted. 

S.  H.  MALLORY,  President. 
I  ALLAN  DAWSON,  Vice-President. 
I  GEO.  W.  McCOID,  Treasurer. 

S.    B.    PACKARD,    Chairman. 
^  S.   D.    COOK. 
Executive  Committee.  R.    H.   MOORE. 

S.   H.   MALLORY. 

J.    E.    E.    MARKLEY. 

fj.  H.  WALLBANK,  Chairman. 
Auditing   Committee.        \  OWEN   LOVEJOY. 

I  J.  E.  E.  MARKLEY. 

rjOHN   F.    MERRY. 
I  Committee  on  Transportation. 

j  p.    N.    CHASE,    Superintendent    and 
i      Secretary. 


S.  H.  MALLORY. 
President  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission. 


Report  ot  the  Iowa  Triins  Mississippi  and  International 
Exposition  Commission. 

INTRODUCTORY. 
By   SMITH  H.    MALLORY,  President. 


To  His  Excellency,  Leslie  M.   Shaw,   Governor  of  Iowa: 

The  Twenty-Sixth  Genei-al  Assembly  provided  for  a  Commission  or  Ex- 
hibit Committee  for  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition, 
and  made  a  preliminary  appropriation  of  ten  thousand  dollars  by  the  fol- 
lowing  Act: 

"Chapter  149,  Laws  of  the  Twenty-Sixth  General  Assembly. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  an  exhibit  of  the  resources  of  the  State  of  Iowa  at 
the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  to  be  held  at  Omaha  in 
the  year  1898. 

WHEREAS,  Congress  has  passed  a  bill  authorizing  and  encouraging  the 
holding  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  at  the  city  of 
Omaha,   in   the  state   of    Nebraska,    in  the  year  1898;   and, 

WHEREAS,  It  is  very  desirable  that  the  agricultural,  mineral,  mechan- 
ical, industrial  and  educational,  and  every    resource    and    advantage    of    the 
State  of  Iowa  shall  be  creditably   represented     in     such   Exposition;    there- 
fore. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the   General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Section  1.  That  the  Executive  Council  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  appoint  an  exhibit  commission  to  be  known  as  the  Iowa  Trans- 
Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  committtee.  Such  commission 
shall  consist  of  eleven  members,  to  be  selected  one  from  each  congressional 
district  in  the  State,  not  more  than  six  of  whom  shall  be  from 
the  same  political  party,  and  shall  have  full  power  to  devise  and  execute 
plans  for  the  said  exhibit  herein  contemplated,  and  take  charge  of  the  same 
and  dispose  of  the  appropriations.  It  may  appoint  such  officers  as  it  in  its 
judgment  may  deem  necessary  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  purposes  of  this 
act,  including  the  right  to  delegate  to  the  exhibit  committee  the  duty  and 
power  to  execute  all  or  any  plans  that  may  be  devised  or  ordered  by  said 
commission.  One  member  thereof  shall  be  chosen  to  act  as  treasurer  and 
who  shall  be  ex-ofRcio  custodian  of  the  moneys  herein  appropriated,  but 
before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  such  office  he  shall  furnish  a  bond  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Council,  and  in  favor  of  the  State 
of  Iowa,  in  a  penal  sum  equal  to  the  amount  herein  appropriated.  Any  va- 
cancy occurring  in  such  Commission  shall  be  filled  by  the  Executive  Coun- 
cil by  a  choice  of  some  citizen  residing  in  the  congressional  district 
wherein   such   vacancy    occurs. 

The  commission  herein  created  shall   serve   without   compensation. 

Sec.  2.  The  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of 
any  monev  in  the  state  treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying  into  execution  the  intent  of  this  act.  All  payments  of 
money  must  be  made  upon  complete  vouchers  and  under  conditions  to  be 
fixed  bv  said  commission.  At  the  close  of  its  services  the  commission  shall 
make  to  the  governor  a  statement  of  its  proceedings,  which  shall  include  a 
list  of  all  disbursements  with  complete  vouchers  therefor.  Provided, 
further,  no  appointment  under  this  act  shall  be  made,  nor  shall  any  money 
herein  appropriated  be  drawn  or  any  charge  or  expense  made  until  it  is 
definitelv  known  that  Congress  has  made  a  substantial  appropriation  for  the 


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Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition.  Provided,  further,  that 
said  commission  shall  be  restricted  in  expenses  to  the  sum  herein  appropri"- 
ated,  and  no  contracts  shall  be  made  or  money  expended  except  upon  ap- 
proval of  the  Executive  Council. 

Approved  April  17,   1896. 

The  Commission  was  appointed  by  the  Executive  Council  of  State  under 
this  Act.  The  law  provides  that  the  Executive  Council  of  State  should  su- 
pervise the  expenditure  of  money  by  the  Commission,  and  the  plans  for  ex- 
penditure of  any  and  all  funds  appropriated  by  the  State  should  be  ap- 
proved by  the  executive  Council  before  money  could  be  expended.  The 
Commission  take  this  opportunity  to  express  their  thanks  to  the  Executive 
Council  of  State  for  their  kindly  advice  and  co-operation  and  for  their  uni- 
form courtesy  and  approval  of  their  work. 

The  Commission  met  at  the  Capitol  on  call  of  Governor  Francis  M. 
Drake  for  organization  on  the  27th  of  May,  1897.  Ten  members  of  the  com- 
mission were  present  and  qualified.  A.  W.  Erwin,  of  the  Eleventh  district, 
was  not  able  to  be  present  on  account  of  other  duties,  and  has  not  since  that 
time  qualified  as  commissioner  or  attended  any  of  the  ineetings  of  the  Com- 
mission. At  this  first  session  officers  were  elected  and  rules  for  the  gov- 
ei'nment  of  the  Commission  were  adopted. 

The  second  session  of  the  Commission  was  held  in  Council  Bluffs,  and 
was  invited  by  Gurdon  W.  Wattles,  President,  to  confer  with  the  Board  of 
Management  of  the  Exposition.  At  that  conference  the  scope  of  the  expo- 
sition was  fully  discussed  and  we  became  satisfied  that  they  had  the  matter 
well  in  hand  and  sufficient  capital  at  their  disposal  to  insure  the  ultimate 
success  of  their  great  enterprise.  After  the  conference  the  commission,  ac- 
companied by  the  President  and  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Board  of  Management  of  the  Exposition,  visited  the  exposition  grounds. 

The  Commission  at  this  session  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  an 
address  to  the  people  of  the  State;  a  sub-committee  to  prepare  estimates 
deemed  necessary  for  a  creditable  exhibit  of  the  I'esources  and  industries 
of  Iowa  and  to  consult  architects  in  regard  to  plans  for  state  building  and 
cost  of  the  same  and  report  at  the  next  session  of  the  commission.  It  also 
assigned  members  of  the  Commission  to  take  charge  of  different  depart- 
ments of  the  State  exhibit. 

The  Congress  of  the  United  States  recognized  the  Trans-Mississippi  and 
International  Exposition  and  made  a  liberal   appropriation    therefor.  The 

City  of  Omaha  and  the  State  of  Nebraska  made  large  contributions  to  aid 
the  project.  It  was  not  only  necessary  to  make  a  large  contribution  to  aid 
it  required  courage  and  almost  superhuman  energy  to  build  and  carry 
forward  to  a  successful  termination  a  great  exposition  more  than  one  thou- 
sand miles  from  the  seaboard  and  in  the  heart  of  the  new  but  vast  territory 
lying  west  of  the  Mississippi  river.  The  grand  success  of  the  Exposition 
is  largely  due  to  the  hard  work  and  able  management  of  President  Gurdon 
W.    V\^attles  and  his  efficient  contemporaries. 

The  Twenty-Seventh  General  Assembly  made  an  additional  appropria- 
tion of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  thus  placing  a  total  of  thirty-five 
thousand  dollars  at  the  disposal  of  the  Iowa  Commission.  The  Commission 
realized  that  to  creditably  represent  all  the  varied  industries  of  the  state 
it  would  require  a  much  larger  sum  and  wisely  decided  not  to  enter  into 
competition  with  the  other  states  and  territories  in  all  the  different  depart- 
ments, but  first  erect  and  maintain  a  comfortable  home  for  Iowa  visitors 
and  their  friends,  and  make  the  best  possible  showing  of  our  leading  in- 
dustries, 

At  a  subsequent  session  it  was  found  necessary  to  appoint  a  suitable 
person    as   General    Superintendent    to  take  charge  of  the  work. 

The  results  are  fully  set  forth  in  the  reports  of  the  Superintendent  and 
Secretary  and  the  Commissioners   in  charge   of  the   several   departments. 

S.   H.   MALLORY, 

President   Trans-Mississippi  and   In- 
ternational  Exposition  Commission. 


Address  to  tlie  People  of  the  State. 


To  the  People  of  the  State  of  Iowa: 

Iowa  being  the  pivotal  state  of  those  embraced  in  the  wide  territory 
known  as  the  Trans-Mississippi  as  regarcis  wealth,  enterprise,  education,  and 
all  that  goes  to  make  a  great  state,  the  people  of  Iowa  are  especially  inter- 
ested in  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition,  to  be  held  in 
Omaha  in  1898.  This  Exposition  will  be  held  for  the  purpose  of  exhibiting 
the  products,  manufactures,  arts  and  industries  of  the  twenty-four  states 
and  territories  included  in  the  Trans-Mississippi  belt.  It  has  been  national- 
ized by  act  of  Congress,  and  aided  by  a  liberal  appropriation. 

The  Twenty-Sixth  General  Assenibly  of  Iowa  passed  "An  Act  to  provide 
for  an  exhibit  of  the  resources  of  the  state  at  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  In- 
ternational Exposition  to  be  held  at  Omaha  in  the  year  1898,"  which  was  ap- 
proved by  the  Governor  April  17th,  1896.  The  Commission  appointed  under 
this  act  asks  j'our  co-operation  in  carrying  out  the  expressed  intent — "that 
the  agricultural,  mechanical,  industrial,  educational,  and  every  resource  and 
advantage  of  the  state  of  Iowa  be  creditably  represented." 

At  the  Centennial  Exposition  in  Philadelphia  in  1876  Iowa  took  the  gold 
medal  on  farm  and  dairy  products.  At  the  V>"orld's  Fair  in  Chicago,  Iowa 
made  an  exhibit  of  her  agricultural,  horticultural,  dairy  and  live  stock  inter- 
ests that  did  great  credit  to  the  state.  All  the  world  knows  of  Iowa  and  its 
agricultural  wealth  and  possibilities.  The  world  also  knows  that  in  point  of 
education,  Iowa  leads.    • 

The  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  will  afford  an  oppor- 
tunity that  has  not  hitherto  been  presented  to  Iowa,  not  only  to  advertise 
her  agricultural  wealth,  but  also  to  show  the  possibilities  of  developing  a 
great  manufacturing  state.  The  coal  fields  of  Iowa  are  sufficient  to  run  all 
the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  entire  Northwest.  The  water  power 
•still  undeveloped,  is  unsurpassed  in  the  West. 

Experimental  tests  of  sugar  beets  in  Iowa  have  shown  beyond  question 
the  possibility  of  making  beet  sugar  oneof  the  leading  industries  of  the   state 

Take  as  a  basis  a  commercial  point  in  Iowa,  draw  a  circle  taking  in  a 
radius  of  two  hundred  miles,  and  you  will  And  more  railroads  and  river  out- 
lets for  commerce  than  in  the  same  extent  of  territory  any  place  in  the 
world.  But  the  Iowa  cattle  and  hog  producer  must  at  present  find  his  mar- 
ket in  Chicago.  The  farmer  w'ho  depends  upon  the  sale  of  grain  for  the 
profits  of  his  farm,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  finds  his  market  east  or 
south  of  the  borders  of  his  own  state.  The  Iowa  wool  grower  ships  his  clip 
to  the  eastern  seaboard.     Iowa  has  not  risen  to  her  opportunities. 

Capital  is  necessary  for  success  in  new  fields  of  industry;  Iowa  has  capi- 
tal, and  Iowa  capital  should  be  used  in  developing  the  latent  resources  of  the 
far-famed  agricultural  and  dairy  state,  and  in  building  up  home  markets. 
Foreign  capital  would  naturally  be  drawn  by  the  magnate,  "faith  at  home," 
and  Iowa,  with  her  vast  agricultural  resources  and  her  own  artisans,  would 
supply  her  own  people  and  the  world  with  finished  goods,  and  would  indeed 
become  the  pride  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  group  of  states. 

This  Exposition  can  be  made  a  source  of  profit  to  Iowa  beyond  all  com- 
putation.   The  time  is  now  ripe  for  investment  in  new  lines.    There  has  never 


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before  been  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  country  when  there  was  so  much  idle 
capital  as  there  is  today.  Idle  capital  means  idle  laborers.  Iowa  should  form  a 
working  ground  for  these  mutual  interests.  The  capitalist  and  laborer  can 
join  hands  in  Iowa  and  develop  the  natural  and  latest  resources  of  the  state 
to    an   extent"  heretofore    undreamed    of. 

Money  is  necessary  to  make  an  exhibit   that  will  do  credit  to  the  state 
Only  $10,000   has  been  appropriated.     It  will  require  $50,000  more  to   do  the 
work  at  all  creditably.     The  farmers  and     stockmen    cannot  afford   the  ex- 
pense of  an  exhibit  without  the  aid  of  the  state.     The  same  is  true  in  other 
departments. 

State  interest  as  well  as  state  pride  calls  for  a  requisite  appropriation. 
The  Exposition  will  be  held  at  our  western  border,  and  Iowa  will  receive  a 
large  part  of  the  direct  benefit  which  falls  to  the  country  immediately  sur- 
rounding any  great  exhibition.  It  is  probable  that  Iowa  will  reap  as  much 
direct  benefit  fi'om  eastern  travel  and  transportation  as  will  Nebraska 

The  Commissioners  appeal  to  all  the  people  to  join  in  making  an  exhibit 
that  will  bring  pi-actical  results,  and  expect  that  those  engaged  in  agricul- 
ture, horticulture,  stock  raising,  manufacturing,  and  all  other  industrial  lines 
of  work  will  at  once  begin  preparation    for  the  exhibit. 

The  liberal  arts  department  should  make  an  exhibit  commensui-ate  with 
the  vast  sums  of  money  the  state  is  expending  for  the  education  and  eleva- 
tion of  its  people.  Fine  arts  and  the  department  of  women's  work  should  be 
especially  successful   in  this   Exposition. 

Please  address  the  commissioner  of  the  department  in  which  you  wish  to 
exhibit.     On  all  general  matters,  address  the  secretary  of  the  Commission. 

SYLVANUS  D.  COOK,  Chairman, 
Committee.        ROBERT  H.  MOORE, 

JAMES  E.  E.  MARKLEY, 


Report  ot  tnc  Execotive  (oniniiitee  o[  the  Iowa  Trans- 
Mississippi  Exposition  (omniission. 


We  have  the  honor  to  report  briefly  the  work  assigned  to  and  the  re- 
sults accomplished  by  the  Executive  Committee.  For  information  in  detail, 
reference  is  had  to  the  minutes  of  all  the  sessions  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee, which  are  already  a  matter  of  record. 

ORGANIZATION. 

The  act  creating  the  Commission  gave  to  them  authority  to  delegate  its 
powers  wholly  or  in  part  to  an  executive  or  exhibit  committee.  The  rules 
adopted  by  the  Commission  at  their  fir.^t  session  provided  for  an  Executive 
Committee  of  three,  but  did  not  confer  upon  them  full  power  to  act.  At  a 
subsequent  session  when  it  was  definitely  known  what  amount  of  funds 
would  be  at  the  disposal  of  the  Commisssion,  the  amount  being  considerably 
less  than  was  asked  for  and  deemed  necessary  for  a  creditable  showing  of 
Iowa's  resources,  and  as  frequent  meetings  of  the  Commission  would  be  ex- 
pensive, in  the  interest  of  economy  (not  because  the  members  of  the  Com- 
mission were  unwilling  to  devote  their  time)  ai  the  third  session  of  the  Com- 
mission Rule  VII,  referring  to  the  Executive  Committee  was  rescinded  and 
the   following  rule   substituted  in   lieu  thereof: 

"Article  VII.— There  shall  be  an  Executive  Committeee  consisting  of  five 
members  of  the  Commission.  Three  shall  be  appointed  by  the  president,  and 
the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Commission  shall  be  ex-offlcio  members. 
Such  committeee  shall  serve  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Commission  and  per- 
form such  duties  and  execute  such  plans  as  may  be  devised  or  ordered  by  the 
Commission." 

Under  the  new  Article  VII,  the  following  persons  constitute  the  Executive 
Committee:  S.  B.  Packard,  S.  H.  Mall^ry,  S.  D.  Cook,  R.  H.  Moore,  F.  N. 
Chase. 

Commissioner  Markley  offered  the  following  resolution  and  moved  its 
adoption: 

"Whereas,  It  will  be  necessary  to  use  the  utmost  economy  in  the  expen- 
diture of  the  funds  appropriated  by  the  state  for  the  Trans-Mississippi  and 
International  Exposition,  to  be  held  in  Omaha,  June  to  November,  1898,  in  or- 
der to  accomplish  the  best  results  and  make  the  most  creditable  exhibit  of  the 
products  of  the  state,  and 

"Whereas,  The  frequent  meetings  of  the  Cojnmission  are  expensive  and 
constantly  reduces  the  limited  appropriation  made  by  the  state,  and 

"T^'hereas,  The  law  under  which  this  Commission  is  appointed  gives 
this  Commission  the  right  to  delegate  to  an  Executive  or  Exhibit  Committee 
the  duty  and  power  to  execute  all  or  any  plans  that  may  be  devised  or  or- 
dered by  the  Commission,   and 

"Whereas,  The  work  to  be  done  will  require  immediate  and  constant  at- 
tention; therefore, 

"Resolved,  1st,  That  all  the  duties,  and  power  to  execute  all  or  any  plans 
that  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be  devised  or  ordered  by  this  Commission  be, 
and  the  same  are  hereby  delegated  to    the  Executive  or  Exhibit   Committee, 


24  IOWA   T-M.  AND  I.   EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

with  full  power  to  act   in    the  premises,  at  all  times  when  this  Board  is  not 
in  actual  session;  and 

"Resolved,  2nd,  That  the  secretary  of  this  Commission  be,  and  is  hereby 
required  to  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  proceedings  of  the  Executive  or  Ex- 
hibit Committee,  and  report  the  same  to  this  Commission,  to  be  preserved  as 
a  part  of  the  proceedings  of  said  Commission."    Adopted. 

On  motion  of  Commissioner  Cook,  S.  B.  Packard  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  Executive  Committee. 

At  the  fourth  session  of  the  Commission,  on  motion,  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted: 

"Whereas,  F.  N.  Chase  has  so  ably  and  satisfactorily  discharged  the  du- 
ties of  secretary  of  this  Commission  ever  since  its  organization  without  com- 
pensation;  and 

"Whereas,  This  Commission  does  not  think  it  just  that  he  should  con- 
tinue without  being  compensated;   and 

"Whereas,  The  interests  of  the  cause  demand  the  entire  services  of  a  com- 
petent man  as  secretary  and  general  superintendent,  but  as  the  law  does 
not  permit  of  the  selection  of  any  member  of  this  Commission  as  an  officer 
with  pay;  therefore,  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  Mr.  Chase  be  requested  by  this  Commission  to  resign  as 
commissioner  in  order  that  he  may  accept  the  position  of  secretary  and  gen- 
eral superintendent;  and, 

"Resolved,  further.  That  his  compensation  be  fixed  at  a  salary  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125.00)  per  month  and  necessary  expenses, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Council  of  the  State." 

Upon  request  of  Commissioner  Chase  of  the  Third  district,  the  Executive 
Council  accepted  his  resignation.  Mr.  Chase  then  accepted  the  position  of 
superintendent  and  secretary  and  continued  the  work. 

At  the  fourth  session  of  the  Commission,  upon  the  resignation  of  F.  N. 
Chase  as  a  member  of  the  Commission,  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted: 

Commissioner  Moore  moved  that  the  vacancy  on  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee created  by  the  resignation  of  F.  N.  Chase  be  filled  by  the  election  of  Com- 
missioner J.  E.  E.  Markley.    Seconded  by  Commissioner  Lovejoy. 

Commissioner  Lovejoy  moved  that  new  Article  VII.  be  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  the  words  "three  shall  be  appointed  by  the  president  and  the  presi- 
dent and  secretary  of  the  Commission  shall  be  ex-ofl3cio  members,"  and  in- 
serting in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "the  president  of  the  Commission  shall  be 
ex-ofRcio  a   member   thereof." 

Under  those  resolutions  your  Comnittee  undertook  the  work,  having  full 
authority  to  act  in  all  matters  at  all  times  when  the  Commission  was  not  in 
session.  Nine  sessions  of  the  Executive  Committee  have  been  held.  Plans 
were  devised  from  time  to  time  and  instructions  were  given  to  the  superin- 
tendent, who  had  been  appointed  by  the  Commission  to  take  charge  of  the 
work  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  their  plans  and  in- 
structions were  ably  and  faithfully  carried  out  by  him. 

PRELIMINARY  W^ORK. 

At  second  session  of  the  Commission,  Commissioners  S.  B.  Packard  and 
F.  N.  Chase  were  appointed  as  a  sub-committee  to  prepare  estimates,  and 
Commissioner  Packard  was  appointed  a  committee  of  one  to  visit  Omaha  and 
confer  with  the  Board  of  Management  in  reference  to  location  for  State 
Building  and  in  regard  to  free  space  foi  State  Collective  Exhibits  in  the  sev- 
eral exposition  buildings. 

Your  sub-committee  secured  plans  from  the  Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co.,  archi- 
tect«.  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  for  State  building,  without  expense  to  the  Com- 
mission, and  after  careful  consideration  and  consultation  with  competent 
men   representing  the   leading   industries  of  our  state,  prepared  the  following 


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schedule  of  estimates  for  State  building  and  for  a  creditable  representation  of 
the  resources  of  the  state  and  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  administration. 
The  total  of  these  estimates  amounted  to  $57,400.00;  $10,000.00  had  been  al- 
ready appropriated,  leaving  $47,400.00  to  be  appropriated.  The  several  amounts 
were  deemed  to  be  reasonable  and  necessarj-  for  a  satisfactory  and  profitable 
participation  with  the  other  states  and  territories  at  the  Trans-Mississippi 
-and  International  Exposition  and  were  approved  by  the  Commission  and 
Executive  Council  of  State.  It  was  decided  to  ask  the  General  Assembly  to 
make  an  additional   appropriation   in    accordance  with  these  estimates. 


Report  Of  SobCoinmittee  on  Estimates. 

To  The  Executive  Committee: 

Your  Committee  herewith  submit  estimates  of  the  cost  of  preparing,  in- 
stalling and  maintaining  exhibits,  worthy  of  the  State,  at  the  Trans-Miss- 
issippi and  International  Exposition,  in  the  several  departments  as  fol- 
lows: 

An  Exhibit  of  Live  Stock — To  encourage  the  exhibit  of  the  best  spec- 
imens of  all  domestic  animals  of  Iowa  breeding,  rearing,  or  own- 
ership,  including   poultry $2,000 

An  Exhibit  of  Agricultural  Products — To  prepare,  install  and  main- 
tain a  collective  state  exhibit  of  grains,  grasses,  seeds,  roots,  plants, 
etc., grown  by  cultivation,  or  such  as  are  indigenous  to  Iowa 
soil  to  include  the  manufactured  products  of  this  vegetation, 
such  as  flour,  meal,  sugar,  glucose,  starch,  and  products  of  the 
canning  factory,   also  samples   of  Iowa  soil    $3,500 

An  Exhibit  of  Horticultural  Products— To  collect,  install  and  main- 
tain a  state  exhibit  of  orchard,  vineyard  and  garden  fruits,  also 
dried,  evaporated,  and  canned  specimens  by  processes  useful  in 
the  commercial  handling,  or  preserving  for  winter  use,  also  flori- 
culture and  forestry,  with  an  exhib't  of  flowers,  woods,  and  the 
florist's   art    $3,000 

An  Exhibit  of  Dairy  Products — To  make  and  install  a  state  compet- 
itive exhibit  of  butter  and  cheese,  with  special  reference  to  ob- 
taining awards  for  the  best  dairy  batter  made  on  the  farm  from 
mixed  herds,  or  from  distinct  breeds  of  dairy  cows,  also  for  cream- 
ery butter  made  from  gathei-ed  cream,  or  from  cream  separated 
from  the  milk,  also  butter  prepared  suitably  for  export,  with  a 
view  of  the  competition  in  the  butter  classes  by  several  states  in 
*  June  and  July,  September  and  October,  also  to  include  dairy  appli- 
ances and  best  commercial   packages    $4,000 

An  Exhibit  of  Apiary  Products — To  prepare,    install   and    maintain    an 

exhibit  of  honey,  bees,   bee  products,    and   appliances $500 

An  Exhibit  of  Mines,  Mining,  and  Geology — For  the  purpose  of  devel- 
oping our  mineral  resources  and  exhibiting  the  products  of  our 
coal,  lead,  and  iron  mines,  aluminum,  and  other  metals,  and  for 
the  collection,  installation,  and  maintaining  of  the  above,  and  also 
for  an  exhibit  of  limestone,  marble,  granite,  gypsum,  and  other 
building  stone,  and  the  different  varieties  of  fire  and  potters'  clay 
and  sands,  and  articles  manufactured  therefrom,  to  include  brick 
and  tile,  and  for  an  exhibit  illustrating  the  geology  of  Iowa,  with 
suitable  specimens  classified  and  arranged    $1,000 

An  Exhibit  of  Manufactures  and  Machinery — For  an  exhibit  of  ma- 
chinery of  Iowa  invention  or  manufacture,  and  for  the  manufact- 
ures of  Iowa  raw  material  with  reference  to  cheapness  of  fuel,  and 
for  promotion $1,250 


26  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

An  Exhibit  of  Liberal  Arts — To  prepare,  install  and  maintain  an  edu- 
cational exhibit  to  suitably  represent  our  public  school  system,  and 
our  schools  of  higher  education,  academies,  colleges,  and  universi- 
ties, including  photography,  engraving  and  public  libraries $2,000 

An  Exhibit  of  Fine  Arts— To  prepai-e  and  install  an  exhibit  of  music, 

drawing,  painting,  designing,  and  artistic  work  of  Iowa  artists $500 

An  Exhibit  of  Publications  and  Journalism — To  promote  and  provide 
an  Iowa  press  headquarters  with  complete  files  of  all  Iowa  publica- 
tions and  newspapers  and  works  of  Iowa  authors $750 

Decorative  Department — This  will  embrace  the  designing  and  interior 
decorations  with  natural  products  of  the  soil  in  the  agricultural  ex- 
position  and   state  building;   for   the  purpose  of  making  an  artistic 

display  of  Iowa  corn  and  other  grasses   $3,750 

Music — Band  of  thirty  pieces,  support  and  transportation   $1,000 

Woman's  Department — For  an  exhibit  of  women's  work,  a  representa- 
tion of  the  achievements  of  Iowa  women,     domestic,     literary,     fine 

arts,  inventions,  etc $1,000 

For  State  Building — Estimates  prepared  by  Iowa  architects $20,000 

For  furniture  and  carpets  and  postofflce  for  state  building $2,200 

For  wiring  for  electric  lighting $500 

For  painting  and  decorating  walls  and  ceiling  State  building $750- 

For  insurance $350' 

For  stenographer,  register  clerk,  postmaster    information  bureau,  par- 
cel check  clerk,  messenger,  janitor  and  watchmen,  matron  and  maid.  $3,750' 
Administration — Commissioners'  expenses,    postage,    stationery,     print- 
ing, freight,  express,  telegraphing,  telephone $3,500 

Contingent  $1,500 

Water  supply  and  plumbing $600 

A  total  of  $57,400.00,  with  $10,000.00  appropriated  by  the  Twenty-Sixth  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  leaving  $47,400.00  required. 

S.   B.   PACKARD, 
F.   N.  CHASE, 
Sub.   Committee  of  Executive   Com. 


SPACE. 

Commissioner  Packard,  as  Committee  to  procure  space,  found  no  easy 
task,  and  was  obliged  to  have  a  number  of  interviews  with  the  Board  of 
management  of  the  Exposition.  In  some  of  these  he  had  the  valuable  aid 
of  Senator  N.  'M.  Pusey  and  Hon.  Geo.  F.  W^right,  vice-president  of  the 
Exposition  for  Iowa. 

The  plans  of  the  Board  of  Management  were  to  charge  all  states  the- 
sum  of  fifty  cents  per  square  foot  for  space  for  collective  exhibits  and 
State  Building  and  one  dollar  per  square  foot  for  individuals  or  firms- 
making  exhibits.  It  was  estimated  that  we  would  need  from  eight  to  ten. 
thousand  square  feet  of  space  and  that  amount  was  asked  for,  and  at  the- 
close  of  the  negotiations  we  were  successful  in  securing  free  space  for  the- 
Iowa  State  Building  on  the  bluff  tract,  and  2,400  square  feet  in  the  Ex- 
position Buildings,  as  follows:  1,200  square  feet  in  the  Horticultural  Build- 
ing, and  1,200  square  feet  in  the  Agricultural  Building.  Central  and  de- 
sirable locations  were  assigned  in  these  buildings  to  the  Iowa  Commission. 

When  this  result  was  reported  to  the  Commission  it  was  decided  that 
we  w^ould  make  no  attempt  to  install  exhibits  in  any  buildings  except  where- 
free  space  was  granted,  and  at  the  close  of  the  session  of  the  General  As- 
sembly, when  it  was  definitely  known  that  the  amount  asked   for  had  been* 


REPORT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  27 

reduced  to  $25,000.00,  it  became  necessary  to  modify  all  the  plans  and  make 
arrangements  for  the  preparation  of  exhibits  on  a  smaller  scale,  and  pre- 
pare new  plans  for  a  State  Building  that  might  be  erected  within  the  limit 
of  eight  thousand  dollars,  that  amount  being  designated  by  the  General  As- 
sembly  for   that   purpose. 

It  was  the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  Commission  and  the  Executive 
Council  that  in  whatever  departments  we  exhibited  the  products  of  Iowa, 
it  should  be  well  done;  the  installation  should  be  of  the  best,  and  not  make 
an  attempt  to  exhibit  in  all  the  departments,  and  thei'eby  fail  to  attract 
creditable   attention  and  notice  to   any  of  Iowa's  exhibits. 

A  conference  was  had  with  the  Executive  Council  of  State,  and  a  com- 
mittee consisting  of  Hon.  John  Herriott  Treasurer  of  State,  representing  the 
State  Executive  Council,  and  J.  E.  E.  Markley,  representing  the  Commis- 
sion, was  appointed,  and  after  due  deliberation  they  reported  to  the  Com- 
mission the  following  as  the  best  possible  distribution  of  the  funds  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Commission.  Their  report  was  unanimously  adopted  by  the 
Commission  and  approved   by    the   Executive  Council. 

MODIFIED   ESTIMATES. 

The  following  report  in  the  form  of  a  resolution  was  submitted  to  the 
Commission  April  4th,  1898,  as  report  of  a  conference  of  a  joint  committee 
of  the  Executive  Council  of  State  and  the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  In- 
ternational Commission,  by  the  Committee,  Hon.  John.  Herriott,  member 
of  the  Committee  for  the  Executive  Council  of  State,  and  Hon.  J.  E.  E. 
Markley,   member   of   Committee   from    the  Commission: 

RESOLVED,  By  the  Iowa  Commission  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  In- 
ternational Exposition,  that  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  dollars  ($8,000),  or 
so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  set  apart  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
ing a  State  Building  in  pursuance  of  the  plans  adopted  by  the  Commission. 

That  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  seventy  dollars  ($1,070.00),  be  set 
apart  for  the  purpose  of  providing  furniture  for  said  building,  and  for  fit- 
ting up  a  postoffice,  check  room,  offices,  and  the  necessary  fixtures  in  said 
building. 

That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($.5, .500.00),  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  set  apart  and  appropriated  for  the 
purpose  of  the  Decorative  Agricultural  Exhibit  of  farm  products,  including 
corn,  and  other  grains,  grasses,  seeds,  etc  ,  and  the  expense  of  Decorative 
Art,  and  all  work  in  connection  with  the  gathering,  installing  and  maintain- 
ing said  exhibit   in  the  Agricultural   Building. 

For  an  exhibit  in  the  Horticultural  Building,  to  include  Horticultui'e, 
Pomology  and  Forestry,  the  sum  of  $1,500.00,  to  be  increased  by  such 
sum  as  may  be  appropriated  by  the  State  Horticultural  Society,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 

For  music,   $2,000.00,  or  so  much   thereof  as  may   be   necessary. 

For  two  State  Days  Celebrations,  with  souvenir  literature,  $2,000.00,  or 
so    much    thereof    as    may    be    necessary. 

For  Commissioners'  expenses,  expenses  of  administration  and  other  in- 
cidental expenses  not  otherwise  specifically  enumerated,  the  sum  of  $4,800.00, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 

For  maintaining  the  Secretai-y's  cfflce  with  assistants  and  expenses  in- 
cidental thereto,  the  sum  of  $2,S0O.0O,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  neces- 
sary. 

For  salary  of  register  clerk,  Bureau  of  Information,  two  Janitors,  one 
night  watch,  hostess  and  servant,  custodian,  and  other  help  that  may  be 
necessary  in  and  about  Iowa  Building,  or  Iowa  Exhibits  during  the  Fair, 
$2,625.00. 

For  sinking  fund,  wrecking  buildln-,  i/.surance,  returning  exhibits,  etc., 
$1,500.00. 


28  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.   EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

This  apportionment  is  subject  to  change  by   the  joint   action  of   the   Ex- 
ecutive Committee,   or  Commission,   and   the  Executive  Council. 
On  motion,   the   report  and   resolution  was  adopted. 

CONSTRUCTION. 

The  time  intervening  between  the  final  action  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
regard  to  an  appropriation  and  the  opening  of  the  Exposition  being  so  short, 
made  it  necessary  to  act  with  promptness  in  regard  to  the  erection  of  a  state 
building.  The  Commission  was  immediately  called  together,  the  revised  plans 
were  subinitted  and  approved,  bids  were  asked  for  and  proposals  for  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Iowa  Building  wei'e  advertised  in  the  leading  papers  as  follows: 

PROPOSALS   FOR   THE   ERECTION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF  THE 
lOW^A  BUILDING      AT  THE  TRANS-MISSISSIPPI  AND 
INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION   AT   OMAHA,   NEB. 

Sealed  proposals  must  be  received  by  F.  N.  Chase,  Secretary,  addressed  in 
the  care  of  A.  E.  Shipley,  Secretary  of  the  Executive  Council,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  on  or  before  2  oclock  p.  m.  of  the  19th  day  of  April,  1898,  and  opened 
at  the  office  of  the  Executive  Council  as  above  at  2  p.  m.  of  said  day,  for  all 
the  labor  and  materials  required  for  the  construction  as  set  forth  in  the 
specifications  for  said  building,  in  accordance  with  the  drawings  and  specifi- 
cations, copies  of  which  may  be  seen  on  and  after  the  12th  day  of  April, 
1898,  at  the  office  of  F.  N.  Chase,  Secretary,  Cedar  Falls;  Hon.  G.  F.  Wright, 
Council  Bluffs;  A.  E.  Shipley,  secretary  of  the  Executive  Council,  Des 
Moines,  or  Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co.,  architects.  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Each  bid  must  be  accompanied  by  a  certified  check  for  a  ?um  not  less 
than  5  per  cent  of  the  proposal.  The  right  is  reserved  to  reject  any  or  all 
bids,  to  waive  any  defects  or  any  informality  in  any  bid,  if  it  is  deemed  in 
the  interest  of  the  State  to  do  so. 

Proposals  must  be  enclosed  in  envelopes  and  sealed,  marked  "Proposals 
for  construction  of  the  Iowa  State  Building  at  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  In- 
ternational Exposition,  Omaha,  Neb.,  addressed  to  the  secretary,  F.  N.  Chase, 
in  care  of  A.  E.  Shipley,  secretary  of  the  Executive  Council,  Des  Moines,   la. 

By  order  of  the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition 
Commission. 

F.  N.  CHASE,  Secretary. 

At  the  date  named   in  the  proposals,  the  following  bids  were  received: 

BIDS. 

No.  1.  P.  H.  Wind,  Council  Bluffs;  amount  of  bid,  nine  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars  ($9,-500.00);  certified  check  accompanying  the  bid  on  Citizens' 
State  Bank,  Council  Bluffs,  five  hundred  dollars   ($500.00). 

No.  2.  T.  A.  Dungan,  Chicago;  amount  of  bid,  ten  thousand  and  ninety 
dollars  ($10,090.00),  and  the  additional  work  specified  in  basement  for  five 
hundred  dollars  ($500.00)  and  to  complete  contract  within  thirty-five  working 
days  from  the  time  of  receiving  complele  plans  and  details.  Certified  check 
five  hundred   dollars   ($500.00). 

No.  3.  L.  Wallace  &  Son,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa;  amount  of  bid  eleven 
thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  ($11,709.00).  Will  finish  rooms  in  basement, 
including  extra  closets,  for  five  hundred  seventy-five  dollars  ($575.00).  Certi- 
fied  check,    five   hundred   dollars    ($500.00). 

A  joint  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Executive  Council 
was  held.  The  bids  were  opened  and  read,  but  as  all  of  them  were  in  excess 
of  the  limit  named  by  the  General  Assembly  ($8,000.00),  on  motion  of  Presi- 
dent Mallory,  the  letting  of  the  contract  was  postponed  for  twenty-four 
hours. 

Architect  Josselyn,  being  present,  was  asked  to  still  further  modify  the 
plans,  and  the  Executive  Committee  immediately  called  the  contractors  who 
had  submitted  bids  to  examine  the  modified  plans  and  make  new  bids.    This 


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could  not  be  accomplished  within  the  time  named,  and  another  postponement 
of  twenty-four  hours  was  taken. 

When  the  time  came  for  opening  the  bids,  there  were  only  two  submitted. 
These  bids  were  as  follows 

Bid  No.  1.  P.  H.  Wind  of  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  seven  thousand  seven 
hundred   ninety-five   dollars    ($7,795.00). 

Bid  No.  2.  Messrs.  Goldie  &  Sons,  Chicago,  eight  thousand  dollars,  $8,000.) 
The  bid  of  P.  H.  Wind  of  Council  Bluffs   Iowa,  being  the  lowest  and  best 
bid,  your  committee  instructed  the  chairman  and  secretary  to  enter  into  con- 
tract with  him  in  accordance   with  the  proposals  as  advertised. 

Mr.  Wind  gave  satisfactory  bonds  and  immediately  commenced  the  work 
and  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  and  secretary  it  was  hurried 
forward  as  rapidly  as  possible  in  compliance  with  contract.  It  was  found 
necessary  to  make  some  minor  alterations,  but  the  work  was  completed 
within  the  limit  of  time  named  in  the  contract. 

D.  E.  Milward  was  employed  to  cover  the  walls  with  Burlap  and  make 
other  suitable  and  necessary  decorations  for  installing-  the  exhibit  of  pic- 
tures by  Iowa  artists  and  make  everything  ready  for  the  furniture  and  fur- 
nishings. 


THE  IOWA  BUILDING. 

The  architectural  design,  as  well  as  the  plans  and  detail  drawings,  was 
made  by  the  Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co.,  Architects,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  The 
design  is  Ionic  and  the  effect  similar  to  the  picturesque  Italian  casinos.  The 
object  to  which  all  their  energies  were  bent  was  to  secure  all  the  out-door 
space  possible,  hence  the  large  circular  porches  with  graceful  pillars  sup- 
porting a  high  roof,  the  whole  structure  upon  a  basement  elevation  of  nine 
feet. 

The  site  upon  which  the  building  was  erected  was  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  beautiful  bluff  tract  and  facing  Iowa's  graceful  shores  and  the  high 
bluffs  beyond. 

"The  building  combined  two  qualities  for  which  the  State  and  its  peo- 
ple are  noted:  substantialness  and  comfort.  On  the  front  of  the  building 
great  porches  curved  in  elliptical  form  to  the  north  and  south  from  the 
central  veranda  and  invited  the  weary  to  rest  and  comfort. 

The  extreme  measurements  of  the  building  were  152  feet  from  north  to 
south  and  113  feet  from  east  to  west,  of  which  78  1-2  feet  by  55  1-2  feet  com- 
posed the  building  proper,  leaving  the  remainder  in  facades.  The  basement 
,  under  the  entire  building  was  used  for  storage. 

On  the  first  floor  in  the  center  of  the  building  was  a  large  hall  extend- 
ing from  front  to  rear.  In  this  hall  was  placed  the  drinking  fountain  so 
highly  appreciated  by  all  visitors  during  the  whole  term  of  the  Exposition. 
On  the  right  of  the  hall  the  staircase  ascended  to  the  second  floor.  On  the 
front,  opening  from  the  porches  into  the  main  hall  were  two  large  double 
doors  on  each  side  of  the  large  bay  window.  The  first  room  at  the  right 
was  the  ladies'  parlor,  and  opening  from  this  the  ladies'  dressing  room 
and  toilet.  Beyond  this  and  opening  from  the  large  hall  was  the  gentlemen's 
parlor  and  toilet  room.  On  the  other  side  of  the  hall  the  first  room  at  the 
front  was  the  Commissioner's  rooin.  The  remainder  of  that  entire  side  of 
the  building  was  occupied  by  offices  for  the  Commission,  the  Superintendent 
and  Secretary,  a  check  room,  postofflce,  and  information  bureau. 

On  the  second  floor  at  the  front,  extending  the  entire  width  of  the  main 
structure  was  the  reading  and  press  room,  where  many  of  the  newspapers 
of  the  State,  both  daily  and  weekly,  were  aiwaj'S  to  oe  found.  This  room 
was  also  used  on  special  occasions  as  an  assembly  room,  for  representative 
meetings  and  conventions  of  the  different  organizations  visiting  the  Exposi- 
tion from  Iowa.  There  were  also  large  spaces  on  either  side  of  the  open 
well.  In  the  rear  were  store  rooms  and  rooms  occupied  by  the  janitor,  assis- 
tant janitor  and   night  watchman. 


30  IOWA   T-M.    AND   I.    EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

From  the  roof  of  the  building  rose  the  dome  and  from  it  the  tall  flag- 
staff from  which  floated  the  stars  and  stripes  and  the  bergee  with  the 
word  "Iowa."  There  were  domes  at  the  extreme  end  of  each  veranda  with 
flagstaff  and  flag  on  each.  High  on  the  front  of  the  building  was  the  word 
"Iowa,"  with  the  figures  "1846-1898."  Beneath  this,  the  following  motto: 
"Our  liberties  we  prize,  our  rights  Ave  Avill  maintain." 

Between  the  Ionic  pillars  were  hanging  baskets  filled  with  vines  and 
foliage  plants,  which  added  much  to  the  artistic  effect,  and  in  front  of  the 
large  central  porch  between  the  stair-cases  there  was  a  huge  cornucopia 
formed  of  foliage  plants,  having  the  effect  of  casting  upon  the  sward  be- 
neath a  wealth  of  blooming  plants,  typical  of  the  blessings  bestowed  upon 
"her  citizens  by  the  state;  at  the  base  of  this  the  word  "Iowa"  in  bright 
leaves..  This  design  was  prepared  and  maintained  by  J.  F.  Wilcox,  florist, 
of  Council  Bluffs. 

No  competitive  exhibits  were  shown  in  the  building. 

In  the  press  room  on  the  second  floor  there  was  an  exhibit  of  Indian 
work  by  the  Indians  from  the  Iowa  reservation,  and  a  fine  collection  of 
photographs  prepared  by  the  President  and  Board  of  the  Iowa  Agricultural 
•College. 

On  the  walls  of  nearly  all  the  rooms  was  installed  an  exhibit  of  the 
handiwork  of  Iowa  artists  which  served  to  relieve,  to  some  extent,  the  un- 
finished appearance  of  the  walls,  and  these  pictures  were  greatly  admired 
by  the  thousands  of  visitors. 

One  of  the  most  notable  exhibits  in  the  building  was  the  mammoth 
Book,  where  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  of  Iowa  visitors  and  their 
friends  were  pleased  to  register  their  names.  Full  description  of  this  won- 
derful book  is  given  elsewhere. 

The  plan  adopted  by  the  Iowa  Commission  that  everything  about  the 
Building  should  be  free  to  all  visitors  proved  to  be  a  grand  feature  in  the 
administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Building,  especially  the  check  room, 
where  thousands  of  parcels  were  checked  in  and  out  daily,  requiring  the 
work  of  two  attendants  to  accommodate  all  that  wished  to  avail  themselves 
of  this  feature  free  of  expense.  Writing  tables  and  writing  material  were 
furnished   in  various  parts   of  the  building  free. 

The  Postoffice  was  also  a  desirable  feature,  and  it  required  almost  con- 
stant attention  by  one  of  the  assistants.  There  were  three  deliveries  of 
mail  at  the  Building  by  the  Government  letter  carriers  daily,  except  Sun- 
days, and  many  visitors  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity  of  depositing 
and   receiving   their  mail   at   the   Building. 

FURNISHINGS. 

The  Building  was  comfortably  though  economically  furnished.  A  car- 
load of  rattan  chairs,  rockers  and  settees,  with  a  large  number  of  wooden 
chairs,  sofas  and  benches,  furnished  sittings  for  over  five  hundred  people. 
•Cocoa  matting  extended  through  the  large  hall,  and  all  the  rooms  on  the 
first   floor  were  carpeted   with  Japanese  matting  and  rugs. 

The  thanks  of  the  Committee  are  due  to  the  Rand  &  Leopold  Desk  Com- 
pany, of  Burlington,  who  kindly  furnished  a  carload  of  their  fine  office 
desks  and  tables  for  the  use  of  the  Commission  free  of  expense  except  the 
freight.  The  Committee  also  wish  to  extend  their  thanks  to  the  Steinway 
Piano  Co.,  who  kindly  placed  one  of  their  superb  Grand  Pianos  in  the  par- 
lor of  the  Building. 

EMPLOYEES, 

A  detailed  statement  in  regard  to  the  employees  in  the  State  Building 
and  other  departments  is  given  in  the  report  of  the  Superintendent  and  Sec- 
retary, and  need  not  be  repeated  here.  They  were  all  selected  from  Iowa, 
.and  the  number  was  limited  to  the  actual  necessities  in  order  to  keep  the 
expenaitures  in  this  department  within  the  limit  of  the  amount  set  apart 
for   their   maintamance. 


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Many  hundred  applications  were  received  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  with  the  best  endorsements  and  recommendations  from  reliable 
citizens  of  the  State.  These  were  carefully  considered  by  the  Committee, 
but  of  course  very  few  of  the  large  number  could  be  chosen. 

Reasonable  compensation  was  agreed  upon,  and  those  selected  as  assist- 
-ants  were  to  be  called  whenever  their  services  were  needed,  and  their  as- 
signment to  the  various  positions  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  Superintend- 
■ent  Chase,  and  they  were  at  all  times  to  be  under  his  control,  subject  to  the 
action  of  the  Committee. 

EXPENDITURES. 

Your  Committee  in  considering  the  needs  of  all  the  different  depart- 
ments had  to  consider  carefully  the  estimate  of  expenditures  for  the  vari- 
ous departments  of  work,  and  the  Superintendent  was,  from  time  to  time, 
requested  to  exercise  economy  in  order  that  the  expenditures  in  the  differ- 
ent departments  might   not   exceed  the  appropriation. 

It  is  with  pleasure  that  we  are  able  to  announce  that  in  only  one  or 
two  instances  did  the  amount  reach  the  sum  designated  for  that  special  pur- 
pose, while  in  many  others  the  amount  appropriated  was  considerably  in 
•excess  of  the  amount  expended. 


SALE   OF   STATE  BUILDING. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  held  in  September,  Superin- 
tendent Chase  was  instructed  to  advertise  for  bids  for  wrecking  the  State 
Building,  removing  the  debris,  and  cleaning  the  grounds  in  compliance  with 
the  rules  of  the  Board  of  Management  of  the  Exposition.  The  Superinten- 
dent advertised  for  bids  in  the  Omaha  Bee  and  World-Herald  and  in  the 
Council  Bluffs  Nonpareil  as  follows: 

TO   CONTRACTORS— FOR   SALE. 

The  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission 
offer  for  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  Iowa  State  Building,  exclusive  of 
the  plumbing,  situated  on  the  bluff  tract.  Lot  No.  719,  Exposition  Grounds, 
the  bids  to  include  the  wrecking  or  removal  of  the  Iowa  State  Building  and 
leaving  the  grounds  clean  or  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Iowa  Commission 
and  the  Board  of  Management  of  the  Exposition.  All  salvage  derived  from 
said  building  to  become  the  property  of  the  purchaser.  Bids  to  be  opened 
on  the  27th  of  October,  at  the  office  of  the  Secretary,  at  the  Iowa  Building, 
at  2:00  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  Commission  reserving  the  right  to  re- 
ject any  or  all  bids.  For  further  information,  call  on  the  Secretary  at  the 
Building. 

By  Order  of  the  Committee.  S.   B.   PACKARD,  Chairman. 

F.  N.  CHASE,  Secretary." 

Up  to  the  time  designated  for  the  opening  of  the  bids  only  one  bid  had 
been  received,  and  the  opening  of  the  bids  was  postponed  until  the  29th 
-at  which  time  four  bids  had  been  received.  On  motion,  the  Secretary  was 
requested  to  open  and  read  the  bids. 

Bid  No.  1,  by  A.  W.  Phelps   &.  Son,  Ninety  Dollars   ($90.00.) 

Bid  No.  2,  wants  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  paid  to  him  in  addition 
to  thesalvage. 

Bid  No.  3,  St.  Bernard  Hospital,  by  George  F.  Wright,  Agent  &  Attor- 
ney  ($300.00.) 

Bid  No.  4,  by  C.  F.  Drake,  Two  Hundred  and  One  Dollars   ($201.00.) 

All  of  these  bids  were  based  upon  notice  to  contractors  published  in 
the  several  papers,  and  all  of  the  bids  in  compliance  with  said  notice. 

The  bid  of  St.  Bernard  Hospital  of  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  through  their 
attorney.    Hon.    Geo.    F.    Wright,    being  the    highest    and    best    bid,    was    ac- 


32  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

cepted,  contract  was  entered  into  with  them  and  wrecking  of  the  build- 
ing commenced  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Exposition,  the  rules  of  the- 
Exposition  requiring  that  the  building  should  be  removed  on  or  before  Jan. 
1st,  1899. 

The  plumbing   in   the  building  was  also   advertised    for    sale.    Only    one 
bid  was  received,   offering  fifty  dollars  ($50.00),   as  it  was   in  place. 
It  was  afterwards  sold  for  $90.00. 

SALVAGE. 

At  the  last  session  of  the  Executive  Committee,  held  pi-ior  to  the' close 
of  the  Exposition,  the  disposal  of  the  furniture  and  property  belonging  to- 
the  Commission  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  P.  N.  Chase,  Superintendent 
and  Secretary,  by  the  following  resolution: 

"Moved  by  Commissioner  Moore  that  Secretary  Chase  have  full  au- 
thority to  sell  all  property  of  the  Iowa  Commission  not  already  sold  or 
otherwise    disposed   of.    Motion   adopted." 

A  statement  of  the  proceeds  from  salvage  is  attached  to  and  made  a 
part  of  the   report  of   the   Superintenc^ent  and  Secretary. 

BENEFITS  TO  THE  STATE  AND  TO  ITS  CITIZENS. 

Your  Committee  fully  believe  that  the  State  through  its  Legislature 
acted  wisely  in  planning  to  participate  in  this  first  great  western  exposition. 

The  Exposition  had  its  origin  in  a  representative  convention  composed 
of  intelligent  delegates  from  Iowa  and  other  Trans-Mississippi  States  and 
Territories,  and  Omaha  was  finally  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the 
same.  The  United  States  government  lent  its  aid,  co-operation  and  finan- 
cial support,  and  the  Citizens  of  Omaha  and  Nebraska  and  the  trunk  line 
railroads  by  liberal  contribution  furnished  an  adequate  amount  of  money, 
without  which  no  exposition  could  be  made  a  success. 

Notwithstanding  the  unfortunate  circumstance  of  the  Spanish-American 
war,  which  diverted  the  attention  of  all  of  our  citizens,  to  some  extent  at 
least,  from  the  arts  of  Peace,  still  the  Exposition,  in  its  beautiful  grounds, 
magnificent  buildings,  and  endless  variety  of  exhibits  attracted  the  atten- 
tion and  admiration  of  a  vast  multitude   and   its  success  was  phenomenal. 

It  does  not  seem,  in  this  intelUgent  age,  necessary  to  speak  of  the  bene- 
fits of  great  expositions,  especially  as  to  the  good  done  to  the  Trans-Mis- 
sissippi country  by  the  recent  exhibition  at  Omaha.  If  this  great  valley 
region  as  a  whole  has  been  benefitted,  what  shall  we  say  of  Iowa,  on  whose 
very  borders  the  exposition  was  held,  making  our  state  the  gateway  to  it 
from  the  east?  In  an  address  on  a  neighboring  State  day,  when  praise 
would  naturally  be  expected  to  be  corfined  to  the  subject  of  the  occasion, 
a  distinguished  eastern  orator  said  ir  substance:  "If  I  had  found  no  such 
an  exposition  here,  the  ride  I  have  had  across  the  State  of  Iowa,  would  have 
fully  repaid  me  for  my  trip.  "Words  cannot  picture  the  scenes  spread  be- 
fore me  of  thriving  towns  and  cities,  the  vastness  of  the  agricultural  sec- 
tion, the  high  cultivation  of  the  farms,  the'  wealth  of  grain  and  fruit  and 
flowers  and  the  herds  and  flocks  I  saw.  To  me  it  was  a  revelation,  and  I 
shall  tell  the  story  when  I  return  to  hundreds  who  know  not  of  the  great- 
ness of  Iowa." 

The  same  impression  formed  on  the  minds  of  thousands  who  cross  our 
State  to  Omaha,  is  worth  more  in  an  advertising  sense,  and  will  bring  more 
material  returns  to  our  state  than  can  be  expressed  in  dollars.  The  education 
given  the  thousands  of  lowans  who  visited  the  Exposition  is  also  beyond 
financial  computation.  But  even  in  a  strictly  business  sense  it  would  be 
rash  for  anyone  to  deny  that  within  the  next  few  years,  all  that  Iowa  ap- 
propriated for  its  exhibit  at  Omaha  will  come  back  to  our  people  many  fold. 

The  benefits  resulting  to  the  west  at  large  and  to  the  State  of  Iowa  and 
its  citizens,  we  believe,  will  vastly  exceed  the  cost  of  money  and  labor  and 
will  continue  to  add  greatly  to  the  material  growth  and  prosperity  of  our 
great  commonwealth. 


REPORT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE.  33- 

In  closing  this  report,  the  Committee  desires  to  put  upon  record  its 
just  appreciation  of  the  satisfactory  discharge  of  the  duties  imposed  upon 
the  Superintendent   and   Secretary,    F.  N.   Chase. 

With  the  extended  acquaintance  and  thorough  knowledge  Mr. 
Chase  has  had  in  Exposition  work,  the  Committee  was  sure 
he  would  see  his  way  plainly,  but  still  the  labor  devolved 
was  more  than  most  men  could  have  done  well,  when  it 
is  •  considered  that  the  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  Iowa  State 
Building  required  its  completion  in  less  than  fifty  working  days  and  that 
this  was  accomplished  under  his  supervision,  and  during  the  same  time  the 
work  of  preparing  the  space  and  installing  the  exhibits  to  be  made  by  the 
Commission  in  the  agricultural  and  horticultural  buildings;  these  exhibits 
were  to  be  ready  for  inspection  by  the  opening  day  of  the  Exposition,  and 
the  work  of  decorating  and  furnishing  the  State  Building  and  the  prepara- 
tion for  the  dedicatory  services  held  June  23d,  the  care  needed  in  systema- 
tizing the  work  of  those  who  were  to  be  on  duty  in  the  Iowa  State  Build- 
ing, besides  receiving  the  vast  number  of  people  who  had  business  with 
the  Commission  or  found  pleasure  in  the  genial  social  qualities  of  this 
hard  worked  official  when  he  was  most  pressed  with  his  perplexing 
duties,  yet  always  meeting  pleasantly  and  courteously  their  calls  and  in  no 
Instance  forgetting  that  he  belonged  to  and  represented  Iowa. 

As  Superintendent,  Secretary  and  disbursing  agent,  his  accounts  have 
been  accurately  kept  and  his  vouchers  have  been  found  to  cover  every  dol- 
lar of  expenditures  and  the  careful  and  economical  disbursement  of  the 
funds  entrusted  to  the  Commission  meet  their  expectation  and  hearty  ap- 
proval. 

His  duties  as  Secretary  and  Comn:issioner  in  charge  of  the  work  of  pre- 
paring exhibits  for  the  agricultural  and  horticultural  departments  during 
1897  and  up  to  April  1st,  1898,  were  faithfully  discharged  without  remuner- 
ation. After  that  time  for  the  period  of  about  eight  months  his  duties  re- 
quired him  to  be  away  from  home  and  the  compensation  allowed  by  the 
committee  was  in  no  sense  a  just  recompense  for  the  services  rendered 
us. 

THEREFORE,  The  Executive  Committee  takes  much  pleasure  in  tes- 
tifying to  the  value  of  these  services  and   in   tendering  its   thanks   for   the 

same. 

STEPHEN  B.   PACKARD,   Chairman. 

SMITH  H.  MALLORY. 

Executive    Committee.  JAMES  E.  E.   MARKLEY. 

ROBERT  H.  MOORE. 

SYLVANUS  D.  COOK, 


F.  N.  CHASE. 
Superintendent  and  Secretary  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission. 


Report  o(  Superintendent  and  Secretify. 


By  F.  N.  CHASE. 


To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Iowa     Trans-Mississippi   and    Interna- 
tional Exposition   Commission.  ,    ,  ,,  ,  ti-,^  tt^ 
C^ntlemen:     Complying  with  the  following  resolution  ^^°P^f  ^^^,^^1%^^^: 

•ecutive   Committee  of   your   Commission  in  session  Isovembei    1,  1^9b,   I  pre 

sent  my  report. 

RESOLUTION. 

"Moved  by  Commissioner  Markley  that  Chairman  Packard  of  the  Exe- 
.cutive  committee,  assisted  by  the  secretary,  be  authorized  to  make  a  com- 
prehensive report  of  the  doings  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Com- 
mSon,  to  be  submitted  to  the  final  meeting  of  the  Commission  when 
•called."     Motion  adopted. 

REPORT  OF  SECRETARY. 

The  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission 
■^v•as  appointed  by  the  Executive  Council  of  state  under  Chaptei  one 
"undred  forty-nine  (145),  laws  of  the  Twenty-sixth  General  Assembyw^^^^^ 
:made  a  preliminary  appropriation  of  ten  thousand  ^*'\la'-^/^i;'"^OJ;Jfi^,.,^"^^^. 
thorized  the   appointment  of  a  Commission  of  eleven  by  the  Executn  e  Coun 

<:il,   one  from  each   Congressional  district. 

The  following  persons  were  appointed: 

First  District-JOHN  H.  WALLBANK,  Mt.  Pleasant,   Iowa. 

Second   District-SYLYANUS    D.   COOK,  Davenport.  Iowa. 

Third  District-FRANK  N.  CHASE,  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa. 

Fourth   District— J.   E.   E.    MARKLEY,  Mason  City,  Iowa. 

Fifth  District— S.  B.  PACKARD,  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

Sixth    District— ROBERT    H.    MOORE,  Ottumwa,   Iowa. 

Seventh   District— ALLAN   DAWSON,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Eighth   District-SMITH  H.   MALLORY,  Chariton,   Iowa. 

Ninth  District— GEO.  W.  McCOID,  Logan,  Iowa. 

Tenth  District-OWEN  LOVEJOY,  Jefferson,    Iowa. 

Eleventh  District-A.  W.  ERWIN,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

Governor  Francis  M.  Drake  called  the  Commission  together  for  organi- 
-^ation  Mav  27,  1897,  in  the  Governors  leception  room  at  the  Capitci.  len 
membe;'  were  present  and  aualified.  Attorney  General  ^^-ley  administer 
ine  the  oath  A.  W.  Erwin,  commissioner  appointed  from  the  Eleventh 
.i"str  ct  wasabsent,  and  has  never  qualified  or  met  with  the  Commission 
.Governor  Sake  read  the  law,  and  after  asking  the  Commission  to  elect 
their   own    officers,    retired.      Organization  was  perfected. 

The  second  session  of  the  Commission    was    held   at   Council   Bluffs,    at 
nshich  session  the  work  of  the  Commission  was  fully  discussed. 


36  IOWA  T-  M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting,  with  the  view  of  lessening  the  expense  of  ad- 
ministration, the  powers  of  the  Commission  were  delegated  to  an  Executive 
Committee  composed  of  the  following  members:  S.  B.  Packard,  chairman; 
S.  H.  Mallory,  J.  E.  E.  Markley,  R.  H.  Moore,  S.  D.  Cook.  The  secretary 
was  instructed  to  keep  a  complete  record  of  all  of  the  acts  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committeee  and  report  the  same  to  the  Commission. 

The  Twenty-seventh  General  Assembly  made  additional  appropriation 
of  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00).  The  amount  asked 
for  was  forty-seven  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  ($47,400.00).  At  the 
fourth  session  of  the  Commission,  after  additional  appropriation  had  been 
made,  the  scope  of  the  work  had  to  be  somewhat  modified  from  the  orig- 
inal plans  of  the  Commission,  and  it  was  found  necessary  for  some  one  to 
take  immediate  and  active  charge  of  the  work  of  the  Commission,  and 
as  the  law  creating  the  Commission  made  no  provision  for  compensation 
for  any  officer  or  member  of  the  Commission,  and  as  no  competent  person 
could  devote  his  entire  time  to  work  of  this  character  without  compensa- 
tion, the  Commission  asked  the  Executive  Council  of  State  to  accept  the 
resignation  of  Commissioner  Chase  of  the  Third  district,  in  order  that  they 
might  appoint  him  as  superintendent  to  take  charge  of  the  work,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Executive  Committee.  Your  secretary  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion, which  was  accepted  by  the  Executive  Council,  and  Captain  J.  F. 
Merry  of  Manchester,  Iowa,  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The  Com- 
mission then  elected  Mr.  Chase  as  sup?rintendent  and  secretary. 

The  secretary,  who  had  been  discharging  the  duties  of  the  office  without 
compensation  from  the  27th  of  May,  1897,  to  April  4,  1898,  and  had  also  had 
charge  of,  and  given  personal  attention  to  the  securing  of  exhibits  from 
the  crop  of  1897,  accepted  the  position  offered  with  a  determination  to  ex- 
ercise the  most  rigid  economy  consistent  with  the  best  interests  of  the 
state,  and  to  make  the  best  showing  at  the  Trans-Mississippi  Exposition 
that  could  possibly  be  made  with  the  amount  of  money  the  state  had  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Commission. 

For  a  detailed  report  as  secretary,  I  call  your  attention  to  a  complete 
copy  of  the  minutes  of  all  sessions  of  the  Commission  and  of  the  Executive 
Committee  on  file  in  the  oflfice  of  the  se?retary  of  the  Executive  Council  of 
State.    A  full  and  complete  financial  statement  is  published  herewith. 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

The  Commission  and  the  Executive  Council  of  State  are  entitled  to,  and 
I  herewith  submit,  a  report  as  superintendent  placed  in  charge  of  the  work 
of  the  Commission  by  the  resolution  above  referred  to. 

This  work  is  also  partly  covered  by  the  minutes  of  the  several  sessions 
of  the  Commission  and  Executive  Committee,  and  need  not  be  repeated  in 
this  report. 

The  most  important  and  immediate  work  was  that  of  advertising  for 
bids  for  the  erection  of  the  State  building,  the  cost  of  which  was  limited  by 
statute  to  eight  thousand  dollars  ($8,000.00).  After  considerable  difficulty 
and  much  delay,  contract  was  entered  into  with  P.  H.  Wind  of  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  for  the  sum  of  seven  thousand  seven  hundred  ninety-five  dol- 
lars ($7,795.00),  this  being  the  lowest  and  best  bid  received  by  the  Executive 
Committee.  Work  was  immediately  commenced,  and  your  superintendent 
devoted  as  much  time  as  possible  looking  after  the  construction  of  the  build- 
ing as  supervising  architect. 

In  the  meantime,  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Executive  Council  of  State  and 
of  the  Commission  was  held  in  Des  Moines  and  plans  agreed  upon  for  the 
disbursement  of  the  funds,  believing  that  the  best  and  most  satisfactory  re- 
sults could  be  obtained  by  first  making  a  comfortable  headquarters  for  the 
accommodation  of  Iowa  visitors  and  their  friends  and  for  the  necessary  of- 
fices of  the  Commission,  and  then  make  exhibits  representing  the  leading 
industries  of  our  state,  rather    than  to  go  into  all  departments  with  an  exhi- 


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bit  entirely  unworthy  of  our  state.  The  disposition  of  the  funds  was  made 
by  a  special  committeee,  State  Treasurer  Herriott  and  Commissioner  Mark- 
ley,  appointed  at  the  conference  just  referred  to,  and  is  as  follows: 

For   State    Building $8,000.00 

For   furnishing 1,070.00 

For   Department   of  Agriculture 5,500.00 

For   Department  of   Horticulture 1,500.00 

For  Music 2.500.00 

For  dedication,  state  days,  etc 2,000.00 

For  commissioners'  expenses,   administration,      incidental     expenses 

connected  therewith,  and  expenses  not    otherwise    specified 4,800.00 

For  secretary's  office,  with  assistants  and    incidental    expenses 2,800.00 

For  assistants,   employes  in   the   Iowa  State  Building  and  in  connec- 
tion with  the  state  exhibits • 2,625.00 

For   sinking  fund,    insurance,    returning  exhibits,  wrecking  building, 

etc    1.500.00 

This  apportionment  was  subject  to  change  by  the  joint  action  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Council  and  the  Iowa  Coniiuisaion  or  its  Executive  Committee. 

The  Iowa  Building  was  completed  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the 
contract  and  furnished  comfortably  but  without  needless  expense. 
The  walls  and  ceilings  were  covered  with  burlap  instead  of  be- 
ing plastered,  and  on  the  walls  was  hung  a  very  creditable  display  of  the 
work  of  Iowa  artists,  under  the  direction  of  Commissioner  Cook.  The 
building  was  dedicated  with  proper  ceremonies  on  the  23d  of  June,  1898. 
The  exhibits  in  departments  of  Agriculture  and  Horticulture  were  coni- 
pleted  and  ready  for  inspection  on  June  1,  the  opening  day  of  the  Exposi- 
tion; an  account  of  the  ceremonies  as  well  as  the  celebration  of  Iowa 
day,  September  21,  will  be  fully  given  in  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Ceremonies. 

As  soon  as  the  building  was  completed  and  suitably  furnished,  the 
employes  were  installed  and  the  house  was  opened  to  visitors  from 
8  a.  m.  until  8  p.  m.  every  day  during  the  Exposition,  except- 
ing Sundays.  Of  course,  there  were  some  complaints  on  account  of  the 
building  not  being  open  late  in  the  evening  and  on  Sundays,  but  the 
masses  of  the  people  from  Iowa  and  other  states  were  well  satisfied  and 
greatly  pleased  with  the  comfort,  conveniences  and  attention  they  received 
at  the  building. 

Tables,  supplied  free  of  charge,  with  stationery  and  other  writing  ma- 
terial, were  placed  on  the  first  and  second  floors.  The  postoffice  was  well 
patronized.  The  free  check  room  was  highly  appreciated  by  all.  It  is  true 
that  sometimes  our  hospitality  was  abused,  for  in  most  of  the  state  build- 
ings a  charge  was  made  for  checking,  while  it  was  well  known  that  every- 
thing was  free  at  the  Iowa  building.  "What  would  we  have  done  without 
the  Iowa  building?"  was  the  expression  of  thousands  of  visitors. 

It  was  hardly  possible  with  one  set  of  employes  to  do  more  than  was  done. 
The  entire  building  had  to  be  cleaned  and  put  in  order  every  night  and  dusted 
every  morning  by  the  same  parties  that  were  in  charge  during  the  day.  and 
repairs  and  extra  cleaning  had  to  be  done  on  Sundays  by  the  same  em- 
ployes. 

It  was  deemed  inexpedient  by  the  Executive  Committee  to  go  to  the  ex- 
pense of  having  the  building  wired  and  furnished  with  electrical  apphances 
for  lighting,  as  there  was  practically  no  demand  for  keeping  the  building 
open  after  8  p.  m.,  as  no  effort  was  made  to  maintain  any  social  functions 
at  the  building  on  account  of  the  necessary  expense  it  w^ould  incur.  The 
night  watchman  on  duty  was  always  ready  to  deliver  packages  and  answer 
calls  until  after  12  o'clock. 

The  popular  concerts,  fireworks  and  other  attractions,  furnished  by  the 
Exposition  management,  entertained  all  visitors  every  evening  from  8 
o'clock  until  midnight,  and  the  state  buildings  were  practically  deserted. 


3S  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.   EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Iowa's  big  book  for  registering  the  names  of  visitors  was  one  of  the  chief 
attractions  to  the  visitors  from  all  the  states.  It  was  furnished  to  the 
Compiission  free  of  charge  by  the  Republican  Printing  Company  of  Cedar 
Rapids,  and  this,  perhaps  the  largest  book  in  the  world,  was  nearly  filled 
with  names  before  the  close  of  the  Exposition. 

The  book  is  ten  inches  thick  and  thirty  inches  wide  and  thirty-two  inches 
long,  contains  nearly  three  thousand  pages,  and  has  space  for  over  one  hun- 
dred thousand  names,  and  weighs,  with  the  covers,  three  hundred  pounds. 
Three  books  of  gold  leaf  were  used  in  the  lettering  and  ornamentation.  The 
material  is  valued  at  $200.00,  and  the  total  cost  of  the  book  $300.00. 

This  book  served  its  purpose  well,  and  perhaps  attracted  more  attention 
than  any  other  Iowa  exhibit,  and  I  believe  the  Republican  Printing  Com- 
pany of  Cedar  Rapids  is  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  the  Commission,  and  I  beg 
to  suggest  that  the  book  be  deposited  in  the  historical  department,  to  be 
kept  as  a  remembrance  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  Exposition,  in  compliance 
with  the  request  of  the  donor. 

VISITORS. 

Before  the  opening  of  the  Exposition,  when  members  of  the  Board  of 
Management  were  inclined  to  criticise  the  Iowa  board  for  the  seeming  lack 
of  interest  on  account  of  our  unwillingness  to  pay  for  space  in  the  depart- 
ment exposition  buildings,  and  for  space  on  the  grounds  for  the  Iowa  State 
building,  they  were  repeatedly  assured  by  your  superintendent  that  Iowa 
would  do  her  full  share  towards  supporting  the  enterprise,  and  that  she  would 
send  more  visitors  through  the  Exposition  gates  than  any  other  state.  These 
statements  were  fully  verified,  and  it  was  stated  by  many  that  Iowa  sent 
more  visitors  to  the  Exposition  than  all  other  states  combined  outside  of  Ne- 
braska, and  I  believe  the  facts  will  prove  these  statements  to  be  true.  From 
the  opening  day  of  the  Exposition  until  its  close  the  attendance  from  Iowa 
was  remarkable,  especially  from  the  western  portion  of  the  state.  Nearly 
every  week  the  railroads  gave  a  rate  of  one  cent  a  mile  from  all  points 
within  a  radius  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  Omaha,  thus  reaching 
Sioux  City,  Boone,  Des  Moines,  and  south  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  when 
the  low  rates  were  extended  throughout  the  entire  state,  the  rush  of  vis- 
itors from  Iowa  was  marvelous,  and  before  the  close  of  the  Exposition  the 
members  of  the  Board  of  Management  were  profuse  with  their  compli- 
ments, both  on  account  of  what  the  state  had  done  in  the  way  of  exhibits 
and  for  the  large  patronage  by  her  citizens.  This  large  number  of  visitors 
made  the  building  a  busy  place. 

EMPLOYES. 

The  total  number  of  employes  at  the  Iowa  State  building  during  the  term 
ot  the  Exposition  was  twenty.  Some  of  these  were  emploj^ed  for  one  month 
only,  others  were  re-appointed  and  remained  two  months,  while  only  two 
outside  of  the  secretary's  office  remained  during  the  full  term  of  the  Expo- 
sition, thus  carrying  out  the  plan  adopted  by  the  Commission  to  change  the 
employes  whenever  it  could  be  done  without  detriment  to  the  service. 

INSURANCE. 

In  view  of  the  combustible  nature  of  the  Iowa  building  and  the  buildings 
adjacent  thereto,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  place  on  the  building  a  rea- 
sonable amount  of  insurance,  not  only  on  the  building,  but  on  its  contents. 
In  compliance  with  the  instructions  of  the  Executive  Committee,  I  placed 
$5,500.00  of  fire  insurance  and  $3,500.00  tornado  insurance  upon  the  building, 
and  $3,500.00  upon  the  furnishings  and  exhibits.  The  insurance  on  the  build- 
ing expired  November  1,  on  the  contents  November  20,  1S9S. 

W^ATER   SUPPLY. 

One  of  the  greatest  luxuries  of  the  Iowa  Building  during  the  hot  weather 
was  the  inexhaustiblesupplyof  ice  water  at  the  drinking  fountain  in  the  hall 


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of  the  building.  This  increased  to  some  extent  the  amount  of  our  ice  and 
water  bills,  but  we  believe  it  was  a  good  investment,  and  it  seemed  to  be  a 
necessity. 

REPAIRS. 

The  repairs  on  the  building  from  the  time  it  came  into  the  possession  of 
the  Commission  until  it  was  sold  were  nominal,  with  the  exception  of  neces- 
sary repairs  upon  the  roof  to  prevent  leakage,  but  this  had  been  provided 
for  with  the  contractor,  he  having  agreed  in  his  contract  to  keep  the  roof 
in  good  repair  until  the  close  of  the  Exposition,  which  he  did  promptly  when- 
ever notified. 

During  the  last  half  of  September  and  the  month  of  October  the 
weather  was  unreasonably  cold.  Oil  stoves  and  large  lamps  were  used,  and 
everything  that  could  be  done  for  the  CDmfort  of  visitors  was  done,  but  it 
was  exceedingly  uncomfortable  both  for  visitors   and   employes. 

SALE   OF   BUILBING    AND  FURNITURE . 

Resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  Executive  Committee  authorizing  the 
superintendent  to  advertise  for  bids  for  wrecking  the  State  building. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted,  instructing  the  seci-etary  to  dis- 
pose  of  the    property    of   the    Commission: 

Motion  by  Commissioner  Moore  "that  Secretary  Chase  have  full  author- 
ity to  sell  all  property  of  the  Iowa  Commission  not  already  sold  or  other- 
wise disposed  of." 

Also  motion  by  Commissioner  Markley  "that  the  superintendent  and 
secretary  be  authorized  to  continue  employes  until  in  his  judgment  their  ser- 
vices were  no  longer  necessary,  and  as  soon  as  any  employes  can  be  dis- 
posed of  the  same  should  be  done." 

The  sale  of  the  building  was  effected  on  October  29.  Some  of  the  fur- 
niture had  already  been  listed  for  sale,  and  immediately  after  the  close  of 
the  Exposition,  all  the  employes  not  absolutely  necessary  to  be  retained  to 
assist  in  dismantling  and  shipping  th?  exhibits  were  dismissed,  and  the 
work  of  disposing  of  the  furniture  and  other  material  was  commenced,  and 
the  exhibits  were  boxed  and  shipped  as  rapidly  as  possible.  The  night 
watchman  was  retained,  and  during  the  night  time  patrolled  the  building 
constantly  until  all  the  property  of  the  Commission  was  removed  from  the 
building.     The  material  in  the  agricultural  exhibit  was  disposed  of. 

Statement   of   Salvage  account  is  attached  hereto  marked  "Exhibit  A." 

The  structures  used  in  making  up  the  installation  in  -the  horticultural 
building  were  of  very  little  value  on  a?count  of  peculiar  shape  in  which  our 
exhibit  in  that  building  had  to  be  installed,  being  one  quarter  of  the  center 
of  the  building  under  the  dome  The  material  used  had  to  be  cut  in  such 
manner  as  to  make  it  worthless  for  any  other  purpose,  and  after  several 
unsuccessful  efforts  had  been  made  to  dispose  of  it,  at  some  price,  it  was 
left  in  the  building. 

On  November  20  your  suparintendent  removed  the  office  to  Cedar  Falls, 
taking  Mr.  Thode,  the  bookkeeper,  with  him  to  assist  in  completing  the 
work.  We  have  made  careful  examination  of  the  books,  vouchers  and  ac- 
counts, compared  with  warrants,  and  prepared  a  financial  statement  care- 
fully verified  for  the  auditing  committee.  Since  that  time,  all  matters  in 
connection  with  the  salvage  account  ana  the  disposition  of  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  live  stock  department  have  b3en  settled. 

MEDALS   AND  DIPLOMAS. 

The  Iowa  exhibitors  were  remarkably  fortunate  in  securing  medals  and 
diplomas  in  the  departments  of  agriculture,  dairy,  apiary  and  horticulture. 
In  the  live  stock  department  cash  prizes  were  awarded  in  addition  to  rib- 
bons and  diplomas. 


40  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

The  premiums  awarded  were  of  the  first,  second  and  third  class  and 
honorable  mention.  All  parties  receiving  an  award  were  entitled  to  a  diplo- 
ma, and  the  diploma  stated  whether  it  was  to  be  accompanied  by  a  gold, 
silver  or  brass  medal.  Diplomas  for  honorable  mention  were  not  accom- 
panied with  medal. 

The  Exposition  management  issued  all  their  medals  in  bronze,  and  have 
been  severely  criticised  for  so  doing.  The  Iowa  Commission  felt  humiliated 
at  having  to  distribute  bronze  medals  where  the  diploma  accompany  the 
same  called  for  gold  or  silver,  but  as  no  provision  had  been  made  for  this 
unexpected  event,  they  did  not  feel  justified  in  expending  the  money  belong- 
ing to  the  state  for  gold  or  silver  plating  and  engi'aving  the  medals.  They 
were,  therefore,  distributed  from  this  ofllce  as  they  came  from  the  bureau  of 
awards,  each  one,  however,  accompanied  by  a  letter  of  explanation. 

The  collective  exhibits  made  by  the  Commission  in  the  horticultural 
building  and  the  agricultural  building  were  both  entered  in  competition  with 
other  states  and  territories,  and  we  were  awarded  diploma  and  gold  medal 
on  each.  I  have  had  these  inedals  gold  plated  and  properly  engraved,  and 
they  are  now  ready  to  turn  over  to  the   state. 

The  total  number  of  awards  to  Iowa  exhibitors  in  all  departments  was 
602. 

RE-OPENING  OF  THE   EXPOSITION. 

A  short  time  before  the  close  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  Exposition,  a  pro- 
ject was  started  for  reopening  the  Exposition  in  1899.  Mass  meetings  were 
held,  and  some  of  the  representatives  of  the  several  states  who  had  partici- 
pated in  the  Trans-Mississippi  Exposition  were  very  enthusiastic  and  anx- 
ious to  participate  in  the  new  Exposition.  Being  the  only  representative 
of  the  Iowa  Commission  present  at  the  time,  and  being  urged  to  attend 
these  meetings,  I  took  the  responsibilitj-  of  declining  and  saying  that 
Iowa  would  not  participate  in  an  Exposition  if  held  in  1899.  I  was  obliged 
to  take  action  without  consultation,  and  from  my  past  experience  in  these 
matters,  I  felt  sure  that  both  the  Commission  and  the  Executive  Council 
of  State  would  approve  the  action  I  had  taken. 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

jAftpr  the  apportionment  of  the  funds  at  the  disposal  of  the  Commission 
by  the  special  committee  appointed  by  the  Executive  Council  and  the  Com- 
mission, it  required  careful  forethought  on  the  part  of  the  superintendent 
in  order  that  the  expenditures  in  the  several  departments  should  not  exceed 
the  amount  set  apart  for  each.  The  superintendent,  under  the  rules,  was 
disbursing  agent.  I  am  able  to  report  that  in  nearly  every  instance  the  ex- 
pense incurred  in  each  department  was  less  than  the  amount  named  by  the 
committee.  The  exceptions  were  in  the  department  of  furniture  and  fur- 
nishings for  the  State  building,  and  in  the  horticultural  exhibit.  In  the  de- 
partment of  furnishings  for  the  State  building,  the  necessary  expense  ex- 
ceeded the  amount  appropriated  for  that  purpose.  This  was  on  account  of 
unexpected  work  that  had  to  be  done  by  the  Commission  to  beautify  the 
grounds,  gravel  the  walks  and  for  flags  and  decorations,  and  this  depart- 
ment seemed  to  be  the  appropriate  one  to  which  such  should  be  made.  The 
water  supply,  ice  bills  and  many  other  incidentals,  w^ere  also  put  into  this 
account. 

The  amount  set  aside  for  installing  and  maintaining  an  exhibit  of  the 
horticulture  of  the  State  was  $1,.500.  It  was  thought  at  the  time  that  this 
would  be  insufficient,  but  it  was  hoped  and  expected  that  from  $500.00  to 
SI, 000. 00  would  be  added  to  this  amount  by  contribution  from  the  State 
Horticultural  Society.     Nothing,  however,  was  received  from  that  Society. 

Some  small  errors  were  found  in  verifying  the  accounts,  and  the  amount 
of  these,  with  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  received  on  account  of  sal- 
vage, has  been  turned  over  to  Treasurer  McCoid. 


REPORT  OF  SUPERINTENDENT  AND    SECRETARY.  41 

It  is  a  source  of  gratification  that  I  am  able  to  report  that  the  expense 
of  administration  has  been  less  than  was  anticipated,  and  from  the  amount 
set  apart  for  this  purpose  and  for  the  Agricultural  Exhibit,  enough  was 
saved  to  aid  the  Iowa  Live  Stock  exhibitors  to  the  extent  of  $1,5000.00.  This 
aid  brought  out  a  very  creditable  exhibit  from  the  stock  breeders  of  Iowa. 
All  these  matters  are  fully  shown  in  the  financial  statement.  That  statement 
also  shows  that  one  thousand  dollars  of  the  amount  appropriated  was  never 
drawn  from  the  State  treasury,  and  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  has 
been  refunded  to  the  State.  A  small  balance  is  still  in  the  ti-easury  of  the 
Commission,  which  will  be  sufficient  for  the  publication  and  distribution  of 
the  final  report  of  the  Commission  and  the  incidental  expenses  connected 
therewith.  All  of  which  will  be  accounted  for  in  a  supplemental  report,  with 
proper  vouchers  for  expenditures,  and  will  be  placed  on  file  with  the  gov- 
ernor. 

All  of  which  is  most  respectfully  submitted, 

F.   X.    CHASE. 

Superintendent   and   Secretary  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi     and       International 
Exposition  Commission. 


42  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

SALVAGE  ACCOUNT. 

Exhibit   A. 

J.F.Wilcox,    furnitui'e $      2.2S 

Mrs.   J.   E.   Wigman,    furniture 1.00 

J.  R.  Hudson,  furniture 2.60 

Chas.  J.  Barber,  desk 20. 50' 

W.  L.  Wilson,  chairs  and  settees 14 .  40 

St.  Bernard's  Hospital,   furniture 30.00 

B.   J.   Moore,   chair    1-30 

Mrs.  R.  Laing,  chairs 2.30 

Frank  Merriam,  furniture 2.10 

Sunshine  Publishing  Company,   furniture 6.25- 

Eva  Robinson,  table  1-85 

R.  G.  Fritz,  wood  chairs 27 .  35 

Cash,  old  mats  and  matting 1-50 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Lash,  chairs  and  benches 2 .  30 

Chas.   D.  Thompson,  table 22.00 

St.  Bernard's  Hospital,  furniture 26.40 

J.  W.  Squires,  desks  and  furniture 136.95 

S.  Clark,  chairs,  etc 5.60 

L.  G.  Chute,  chairs 2.50 

Iowa   State   Building,   above  expense  of   wrecking   and    cleaning    the 

grounds  as  per  contract 300.00 

Mrs.  Ish,  chairs  and  matting 8 .  55 

St.  Bernard's  Hospital,  matting  and  dishes *.  12.90 

Mrs.  Robins,  chairs 6.50 

Levy,  mats  and  matting 10.50 

Scott  &  Scott,  desk,  table  and  clocks 9 .  75 

I.  Levy,  benches  and  chairs 11.50 

I.  Levy,  books  and  bench 60 

I.  Levy,  job  lot 3.00 

J.   D.  Hornby,   stoves,   furniture,  and  bedding    13.45 

Cash,  one  lot  old  matting 2.0Oi 

Cash,  one  step  ladder,  broken 75 

Cash,   lamps 60 

Cash,  one  red  settee,  B.  O 1.00 

School  for  the  Deaf,  chairs 4.0O 

J.  J.  Brown,  chairs 3.60 

J.  E.  Thode.  desk 22.00 

J.  E.  E.  Markley,  desk 30.00 

Matt  Parrott,  chairs  and  settees 10.60 

P.  H.  Wind,  chairs 4.45 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Wilson,  chairs,  settees  and  lamp 5.45 

Sanford    Harris,   two  dressers,    bad  order 5.00 

Cash,  one  rope  mat,  B.  0 25 

Cash,  one  settee,  badly  broken 1.00 

H.  S.  Josselyn,  chairs  and  settees 4.75 

Geo.  W.  McCoid,  chairs,  settees  and  table 27.85 

F.  N.  Chase,  furniture,  stoves  and  paper 12.30 


REPORT  OF  SUPERINTEND  :: NT  AND  SECRETARY.  4:i 

S.  B.  Packard,  oil  stove  and  furniture ■^■''0 

S.  H.  Mallory,  furniture ■ 11-45 

Cash,   two  pillows,   @  25c 50 

Cash,  two  cushions,  @  15c 30 

Cash,  one  basket 25 

Cash,  brush,  pail,  mop   and  glasses 1-0*^ 

Cash,  one  lot  old  mats  and  matting 1-55 

L.  G.  Clute,  desk 24.00 

I-.  G.  Clute.  tools  and  material '^•59 

Cash,  from  sale  of  exhibits 64.10 

Cash  for  machine  sold,  less  repairs 21 .  50 

On  account  of  sale  of  plumbing  material    90.00 

Total    $1,048.44 


SCHEDULE    OF   EXHIBITS   AND   OTHER    ARTICLES     TURNED     OVER 
BY    THE    IOWA    TRANS-MISSISSIPPI   AND    INTERNATIONAL 
COMMISSION  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  EXECUTIVE 
COUNCIL  FOR  THE  USE  OF  THE  STATE. 

Thirteen  cases   Glass  Tubes  and  Inverted  Glass  Show  Bottles. 

Ten   Tapestry    Paintings   representing  Iowa's  Industries. 

One  Registry  Book,  containing  names  of  visitors. 

Three  Iowa  Signs. 

One  Diploma,  framed,  awarded  to  State  of  Iowa  for  Agricultural  Ex- 
hibit. 

One  Diploma,  framed,  awarded  to  State  of  Iowa  for  Horticultural  Ex- 
hibit. 

One  Gold  Medal  in  Morocco  Case  awarded  Agricultural  Exhibit. 

One  Gold  Medal  in  Morocco  Case  awarded  Horticultural  Exhibit. 


S.  D.  COOK. 


Report  ot  the  Department  ol  fine  Arts. 

By  S.  D,  COOK. 

When  the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commis- 
sion was  organized  it  was  intended  that  the  Department  of  Liberal  Arts 
and  fine  Arts  should  be  creditably  represented  at  the  Exposition,  and  I  had 
the  honor  of  being  chosen  by  the  Iowa  Commission  as  Commissioner  of  Ed- 
ucation and  Fine  Arts,  a^d  at  once  placed  myself  in  touch  with  the  educa- 
tors and  artists  of  the  State,  which  is  conspicuous  in  the  middle  west  for  its 
institutions  of  learning.    My  efforts  met  with  hearty  response. 

But  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  I  soon  discovered  that  we 
could  not  properly  represent  all  the  departments  the  Commission  had  orig- 
inally outlined.  Realizing  that  the  state's  basis  of  wealth  and  prosper- 
ity were  agriculture,  live  stock  and  horticulture  and  that  the  funds  at  our 
command  would  not  justify  us  in  making  exhibits  outside  of  these  indus- 
tries I  proposed  to  abandon  the  educational  and  fine  arts  exhibit,  which 
was  concurred  in  by  the  Commission.     ^ 

I  then  proposed  to  solicit  the  artists  of  the  state  for  a  loan  of  their 
best  work  for  the  purpose  of  interior  decoration  of  the  Iowa  building.  This 
request  was  generously  responded  to,  and  the  cost  of  transportation  and  in- 
stallation was  saved  from  other  appropriations.  In  addition  to  this,  with 
the  consent  of  the  Commission  I  ordered  ten  large  tapestries  representing 
the  leading  industries  of  Iowa,  which  were  executed  by  the  noted  artist,  Carl 
Burrette,  at  the  nominal  expense  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($2.50.00). 
These  pictures  were  a  unique  feature  of  the  Iowa  building,  and  attracted  con- 
siderable notice.  They  could  have  been  sold  on  the  Exposition  grounds  for 
much  more  than  their  original  cost,  but, with  the  consent  of  the  Executive 
Council,  I  respectfully  recommend  that  they  be  turned  over  to  the  histori- 
cal department  and  become  a  permanent  possession  of  the  State. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.  D.  COOK,  Commissioner  in  Charge. 


S    B.  PACKARD. 
Commissioner  in  Charge  of  the  Department  of  Live  Stock. 


Report  o(  the  Department  ot  Live  StocK 

S.   B.   PACKARD. 
Commissioner   iu   Charge. 


To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Iowa     Commission,     Trans-Mississippi 
and  International  Exposition. 

Gentlemen:  As  Commissioner  in  charge  of  the  Iowa  Exhibit  of  Live 
Stock,  I  beg  to  submit  the  following  report: 

The  Live  Stock  Exhibit  opened  September  19  and  closed  October  20.  Di- 
vision P,  the  Exhibit  of  Poultry,  opened  September  19  and  closed  September 
30;  division  A,  Exhibit  of  Cattle;  B,  Horses,  Jacks,  Jennets  and  Mules;  C, 
Sheep;  D,  Swine,  opened  October  3,  closed  October  20.  Division  E,  Fat  Stock, 
opened  October  13,  closed  October  20.  Entries  were  advertised  to  close 
August  10,  except  Fat  Stock,  Avhich  closed  August  15.  The  time  of  closing 
of  entries  was  extended  in  some  cases  to  a  later  date. 

The  determination  of  the  Exposition  Management  to  pay  no  cash  prizes 
was  so  generally  disapproved  and  caused  such  wide  dissatisfaction  among 
the  intending  exhibitors  that  for  a  time  it  seemed  that  the  Exhibition  would 
prove  a  failure.  The  premium  lists  were  not  issued  pending  this  period  of 
uncertainty.  Finally,  the  Exposition  Management  authorized  cash  premiums 
to  the  amount  of  about  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  ($35,000.00),  and  soon 
thereafter  issued  premium  lists,  when  the  condition  changed  and  the  work 
of   preparation    was    actually    begun    by  the  owners  of  live  stock. 

A  catalogue  of  the  entries  was  prepared  and  issued,  sold  at  twenty-flve 
cents  per  copy,  upon  the  opening  of  the  exhibit,  showing  two  thousand 
three  hundred  and  fifty  (2,350)  animals,  occupying  fifty  barns,  which  were 
found  generally  satisfactory  for  the  sheltering  of  the  stock,  an  ampitheater 
was  built  surrounding  a  spacious  ring  for  judging  the  cattle  and  horses 
and  providing  comfortable  seats  for  visitors  to  witness  the  placing  of  the 
ribbons.  The  barns  were  built  facing  two  main  streets  running  east  and 
west.  The  horse  barns  were  36x100  feet;  the  cattle  barns  34x100  feet;  the 
sheep  and  swine  barns  30x100  feet,  with  seven  feet  posts  at  the  walls,  with 
broad  passageways  through  the  center  for  the  use  of  visitors.  There  was 
a  charge  of  five  dollars  per  stall  (double)  for  cattle;  three  dollars  per  stall 
(single)  for  hoi-ses;  and  two  dollars  and  forty  cents  per  pen  for  swine  and 
sheep — horse  stalls  six  feet  in  width,  cattle  stalls  ten  feet,  and  pens  seven 
by  eight  feet.  Exhibitors  and  caretakers  had  to  pay  for  a  season  pass  for 
each  person  two  dollars.  Forage,  grain  and  bedding  was  furnished  at  mar- 
ket prices.  A  switching  or  terminal  charge  of  five  dollars  per  car  for  bring- 
ing the  car  in  and  the  same  amount  for  taking  the  car  out  was  charged  by 
the  Exposition.  It  may  be  presumed  that  a  trifle  of  this  amount  went  to 
the  railways,  which  had  tracks  to  the  Exposition  Grounds.  It  will  thus  be 
seen  that  an  exhibitor  was  well  taxed  for  the  opportunity  to  show  his 
stock  and  to  try  to  win  some  of  the  premiums  offered. 

Stock  was  exhibited  from  states  as  far  east  as  New  York,  west  to  Colo- 
rado, north  to  Canada  and  south  to  Kentucky,  but  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Mis- 
souri, Kansas.:  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  were  the  principal  states  that  made 
the   exhibit. 


48  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

The  Exhibit  of  Poultry  was  small,  and  few  people  found  the  place  where- 
the  birds  were  shown.  Nebraska  provided  an  exhibit  on  the  main  thorough- 
fare (not  for  premiums)  which  was  generally  regarded  by  the  public  as  the 
Exposition  Exhibit,  but  this  exhibit  was  in  a  distant  part  of  the  grounds  in 
one  of  the  stock  barns. 

This  report  will  be  confined  to  the  record  of  Iowa  in  the  exhibits,  but 
the  number  of  competing  herds,  flocks,  etc.,  from  other  states  will  be  noted 
in  connection  with  the  awards.  There  were  exhibits  of  some  breeds  of 
horses  and  sheep  from  other  states  where  there  was  no  competition  from 
Iowa,  as  follows: 

HORSES. 

STANDARD  BRED— One  horse  from  Missouri. 
FRENCH  COACH— Exhibitors  from  Ohio,  Nebraska  and  Illinois. 
OLDENBURG — One  exhibitor   from  Nebraska. 
CLEVELAND  BAYS— One  exhibitor  from  Ohio. 
CLYDESDALES— One  exhibitor  from.  Minnesota. 

SHIRES  AND  FRENCH  DRAFT— One  exhibitor  from  Nebraska  and  Illi- 
nois in  each  class. 

HACKNEY— One  exhibitor  from  Illinois. 

SHEEP. 

CATSWOLDS— An    exhibitor    from  Wisconsin  and  two  from  Canada. 
LEICESTERS— An    exhibitor    from  New  York  and  one  each    from    Can- 
ada and  Nebraska. 

LINCOLN— Two      exhibitors      from  Canada. 

SOUTHDOWN— One  exhibitor  from  Wisconsin  and  one  from  Nebraska. 

FRENCH  MERINOS— Two  exhibitors  from  Ohio  and   one  from  Kansas, 

MERINOS— Exhibitors  from  Kansas.  Illinois  and  Ohio. 

The  following  named  persons  from  Iowa  exhibited  live  stock 

SHORT    HORN    CATTLE 

G.  E.  Ward,  Hawarden,  herd,  11  head. 

John  Cresswell,   Bonaparte,   herd,  8  head 

T.   R.   Westrope,    Harlan,   herd,   10  head. 

Charles  C  Norton,  Corning,  herd,  7  head. 

Albert  Harrah,   Newton,  herd,  4  head. 

Iowa  Agricultural  College,  Ames,  herd,  IS  head. 

HEREFORD    CATTLE. 

Peter  Mouw,  Orange  City,  herd,  10  head. 
Z.  T.  Kinsell,  Mount  Ayr,   herd,   8 

ABERDEEN  ANGUS    CATTLE. 

W.  A.   McHenry,   Denison,   herd,   12  head. 
Charles  Escher  &  Sons,  Botna,  herd,  8  head. 
John  Evans,  Jr.  &  Sons,  Emerson,  herd,  16  head. 
Iowa  Agricultural  College.   Ames,  1  bull. 
A.  C.  Binnie,  Alta,  herd,  7  head. 

JERSEY  CATTLE. 

L.  E.  Williams,  Glenwood,  herd,  10  head. 

HOLSTEIN  FRB5IAN  CATTLE. 

W.  B.  Barney,  Hampton,  herd,  16  head. 

POLLED   DURHAM     CATTLE. 

J.  M.  Hughes,  Luray,  herd,  4  head. 


REPORT   OF  THE   DEPARTMENT  OF  LIVE   STOCK.  49 

HORSES. 
SUFFOLK  PUNCH. 

Peter  Hopley,  Lewis,  stable,  18  head. 

BELGIAN. 

E.  Lefebure,  Fairfax,  stable,  13  head. 

PERCHERON. 

Iowa  Agricultural   College,   Ames,   1  stallion. 

JACKS. 

W.  L.  DeClow,  Cedar  Rapid?,  stable,   19  head. 

MULES. 

Geo.  E.   Morse,  Genoa   Bluffs,   1  pair  mules. 

SHEEP  -MERINO. 

Blakely    and    Co.,      Grinnell,      flock,  24  head. 

SHROPSHIRES. 

Ed   Wineland,   Avoca,   flock,   15    head. 

OXFORD  DOWNS. 

Ed   Wineland,   Avoca,   flock,   30    head. 

SWINE. 
POLAND  CHINA. 

A.  J.  Lytle,  Oskaloosa,  herd,  28  head. 

J.   H.  Van  Buren,  Quimby,   1  sow. 

W.  G.  Tittsworth,  AvoCa,  1  sow. 

Hoover  and  Harrison,  Oskaloosa,  herd,  11  heac. 

G.  F.  Marshall,  Monroe,  herd,  15  head. 

C  Gloe,  Clinton,  herd,  2  head. 
Harvey  Johnson,  Logan,  herd,  25  head. 
Richie  Bros.,  St.  Charles,  1  Boar. 
¥".  M.  McDiarmid,  Cumberland,  herd,   20  head. 
A.  W.  Albertson,  Inwood,  herd.  5  head. 
L.  Maasdom  &  Son,  Bella,  herd,  4  head. 
Thomas    Stevenson,    Fifleld,    herd,   13  head. 
Iowa  Agricultural  College,  Ames,  1  sow. 

DUROC    JERSEY. 

Wm.   Roberts   and   Son,   Paton,    herd,   24   head. 
John  Henderson,  Panora,  herd,  20  head. 

BERKSHIRE. 

IdaTI.  Haworth,   New    Sharon,   herd,  15  head. 

CHESTER  WHITES. 

James  A.   Loughridge,   Sigourney,  herd,  30  hea  d. 

The  Exhibit  of  Cattle  at  the  Exposition  was  a  record  breaker.  The  Here- 
fords,  leading  with  an  exhibit  the  equal  of  which  was  never  seen  in  this 
country,  and  probably  never  in  England,  with  an  entry  list  of  nineteen 
herds,  the  display  in  all  classes  was  one  long  to  be  remembered  by  those 
present.      Two  of  the  herds  were  from  Iowa,  as  noted. 


REPORT   OF  THE   DEPARTMENT  OF  LIVE  STOCK.  51 

lOW^A   RECORD. 

The  best  of  the  cattle  of  beef  breeds  exhibited  from  Iowa  were  in  the 
Short  Horn  and  Aberdeen  Angus  classes  Six  herds  of  Short  Horns  were 
from  Iowa,  one  each  from  Nebraska,  Minnesota  and  Missouri,  while  the  show 
of  "doddies"  included  four  Iowa  herds  and  one  each  from  Illinois  and  Ne- 
braska. 

THE   OFJICIALS. 

The  Superintendent  of  the  Live  Slock  Exhibit  was  J.  B.  Dinsmore  of 
Sutton,  Neb.,  and  assistant,  C.  H.  Elmendorf,  Nebraska  men  with  experi- 
ence. Mr.  Dinsmore  having-  occupied  the  same  post  at  the  Chicago  World's 
Fair. 

JUDGING. 

Mr.  Dinsmore  selected  Mr.  Richard  Gibson  of  Canada  as  judge  in  the 
Short  Horn  classes.  This  selection  met  with  a  determined  protest  from  Mr. 
G.  E.  Ward,  Hawarden,  Iowa.  Mr.  Ward,  at  great  expense,  secured  and  fit- 
ted a  herd  of  Short  Horns,  w^hich  warranted  his  expectations  of  winning  the 
blue  ribbon  throughout  the  circuit  of  1898.  His  principal  competitor  was  the 
Minnesota  herd  owned  by  H.  F.  Brown.  The  first  battle  was  fought  in  the 
aged  bull  class  at  the  Minnesota  State  Fair,  where  the  two  judges,  one 
from  Iowa  and  the  other  from  Minnesota,  "tied,"  each  favoring  the  repre- 
sentative of  his  State,  and  a  Minnesota  umpire  awarded  first  to  Mr.  Brown's 
bull  nominee,  and  second  to  St.  Valentine,"  Mr.  Ward's  bull.  This  decis- 
ion, while  not  satisfactory,  was  abided  by  with  the  best  grace  possible, 
with  the  expectation  that  at  the  Indiana  and  Illinois  State  fairs  other  in- 
fluence would  give  fair  play.  Mr.  Ward  made  the  circuit  with  his  herd. 
While  at  Indianapolis  and  Springfield  his  St.  Valentine  won,  but  did  not  en- 
counter the  Minnesota  herd  till  reaching  Omaha.  There  Mr.  Ward  felt  that 
since  Mr.  Gibson  was  reported  to  be  the  brother-in-law  of  the  man  who 
had  raised  Mr.  Brown's  bull,  "Nominee,"  and  was  said  to  have  figured  in 
his  purchase  for  use  in  the  Brown  herd,  and  would  not  be  sufficiently  im- 
partial to  be  placed  as  judge 

PROTEST. 

In  protesting  to  Mr.  Dinsmore  against  having  Mr.  Gibson  act  as  judge, 
these  reports  were  given  as  a  resaon  why  a  change  should  be  made.  This 
brought  out  the  suggestion  from  the  superintendent  that  if  the  judge  was 
unsatisfactory  he  (Ward)  need  not  bring  his  herd  to  the  Exposition.  On  re- 
flection, and  on  the  advice  of  prominent  owners  of  Short  Horn  cattle  who 
were  much  interested  in  having  a  good  exhibit  of  the  breed  and  that  the 
absence  of  the  herd  would  leave  the  way  open  without  embarrassment  for 
the  honors  to  go  to  the  Minnesota  herd,  Mr.  Ward's  herd  was  taken  to 
Omaha,  notwithstanding  the  apparent  lack  of  fair  play  promised.  The  se- 
lection of  Mr.  Gibson  as  one  of  the  judges  to  award  the  sweepstakes  was 
also  met  with  a  firm  protest  by  the  Short  Horn  and  Hereford  Exhibitors, 
and  upon  the  refusal  to  substitute  some  other  person,  the  Hereford  and 
Short  Horn  breeders,  with  the  single  exception  of  the  Minnesota  herd  of 
Short  Horns   and   the   "cross"  herd  of  Hereford,  were  not  led  into  the  ring. 

AWARDS   IN  CLASSES. 

The  award  of  first  place  to  "Nominee,"  the  Minnesota  bull,  over  St.  Val- 
entine^  the  Iowa  bull,  by  the  judge  was  received  by  the  onlookers  with 
hisses.  In  the  herd  contest  of  this  breed  the  award  of  first  to  the  Minnesota 
herd  over  the  Ward  Iowa  herd  by  the  same  judge  was  received  with  even  a 
more  marked  disapproval  by  the  grand  stand  and  the  exhibitors  about  the 
ring.  While  Iowa  had,  except  in  the  Hereford  classes,  the  best  exhibit  of 
cattle  of  any  State,  she  certainly,  without  representation  in  the  management 
was  entitled  to  fair  play  in  the  judging:  ribbons  won  otherwise  only  em- 
phasizes the  lack  of  superiority  and  wilely  advertises  that  fact  at  the  same 
time. 


52 


IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.   EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 


In  some  cases  animals  are  so  nearly  equal  in  merit  that  a  fancy  or  bias 
of  a  type  or  quality  can  honestly  be  shown  by  a  judge  without  prejudice, 
and  in  such  a  contest  it  is  always  considered  no  discredit  to  an  owner  when 
good  judges  concede  that  of  two  animals  either  can  be  put  first  according 
to  one's  fancy  without  discrediting  the   second. 

It  is  not,  however,  considered  good  form  for  an  owner  to  give  more  at- 
tention to  the  selection  of  the  judge  than  is  consistent  in  getting  fair  play. 

PREMIUMS   AW^ARDED   TO   IOWA. 


SHORT  HORN  CLASS— One  herd  each    from   Minnesota,    Missouri, 
braska,  and  six  herds  from  Iowa. 


Ne- 


BREEDING  CATTLE. 


EXHIBITOR-George  E.  ^ 

Ward,  Hawarden. 

Class  I. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Aged 

Two  Years  — 

Calf 

Aged  

Two  years 

Two  years 

One  year 

One  year 

Calf    

Aged 

Preni. 

2d 

3d 

5th.  .. 

2d 

1st 

3d 

1st 

2d.    ... 

5th 

2d.  ... 

1st 

1st 

2d 

2d 

3d 

Amount. 

Bulls    

St.  \^alentine 

$  15.00 
10  00 

Gold  Dust  

'• 

St.  \'alentine  12        

coinmenned 

Cows 

Alonarch's  I>ady .... 

15  00 

20,00 
10.00 
20  00 

.4                •  •   ••       

Selma   ...   

Ladv  \'alentine                        .... 

it 

Nvdia  of  Oak  Hill                    

15  00 

** 

\'erbena  \'alentine 

St.  Valentine,  Monarch's  Lady  

Xorah's  Valentine,  Lady  Valentine, 
\'erbena  \alentine     

Herd 

15.00 

Aged       

Get  of  Sire 

St.  \'alentine,  four  animals,  . 

20.00 

Produce  of 

Cow   . . 

Sweepstakes, 
Bull 

17th  Scottish  Lady,  two  animals 

St.  Valentine 

20.00 
15  00 

Cow   

Monarch's  Lady 

Xorah's  \'alentine  

15.00 

Two  years    . . . 

10.00 

$  200.00 

EXHIBITOR-Westrope  &  Son,  Harlan. 


Class  I 

Bull 

Cows 

II 

Herd.!!'.' 


Young  Herd. 

Get  of  Sire  . . 
Produce  of 
Cow  


Name  of  Animal. 


Age. 


Young  Abbottsburn  2d Two  years 

WildEyes lAged 

Sweet  Violet  2d I  Two  years 

Lady  of  Pine  Valley   'Calf 

Young  Abbottsburn  2d.  Queen  of  Aged 
Scotland.  Sweet  Violet  2d.  Alice 
Maud  3d,  Lady  of  Pine  Valley 

Bull  and  four  Heifers  bred  by  ex- 
hibitor.          

Lavender  King  3d,  four  animals 

Mary  Tulip 

Roan  Mary  and  Welcome  Chief 


Under  2  years 


Prem.  Amount. 

2d $15^  ~ 

5th commended 

2d 15.00 

3d j  7.00 

3d 10.00 

3d 10.00 

3d 10.00 

3d...     >  10.00 


$  77.00 


EXHIBITOR-C.  C.  Norton,  Corning. 


Class  I. 


Bulls 


Cows  

Young  Herd . . 


Name  of  Animal. 


Age. 


Banker    'Oneyear 

Sittvton  Hero  2d Calf 

Sweet  Charity  5th  . .    .... Calf 

Banker,    Lady  ( jloster,    Coreopsis.  Under  2  years 
Brampton  Lillie,  Sweet  Charity  5th; 


Prem. 


1st. 
■ith 
2d. 
1st. 


Amount. 


$  20.00 
highly  commen'd 
10.00 
20.00 


$  50.00 


EXHIBITOR— Iowa  Agricultural  College.  Ames. 


Class  I. 


Name  of  Animal. 


Age. 


Courtier I    Two  years. 


Pre.m. 


Amouxt. 


4th highly  commen'd 


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ABERDEEN  ANGUS  CATTLE 

Witli  four  herds  from  Iowa  ami  ont-  each  from  llhiiois  and  Nebraska. 

EXHIBITOR-W.  A.  McHenry,  Denisoii. 


ChissIIL 
Bull 

Cows   

ti 

ii 

^i 

Herds    

Get  of  Sire  — 
Get  of  Sire  ... 
Produce  of 

Cow 

.Sweepstakes. 

Bull 

Any  age.  Cow 


Name  of  .\ninial. 

Heather  Lad  -tth,  l'>.7-i7.    

.McHenrv  King  2d,  2«.0(i4:    

McHenrv  King  8th.  29.550 

Blackbird  .McHenrv  3d.  17.-t7<J  .. 
Pride  .McHenrv  7th,  23,939. .... 
Blackliird  McHenrv  12th.  23.941 
Coquette  McHenrv  lltb.2(),059 
Coiiuette  McHenrv  12,  20  001  .. 
Barl)ara  .McHenrv  10,  20,085. . . 
Heatlier  Lad  4th  at  the  head    . . . 
McHenrv  King  2d  at  the  head    . 
Heather  Lad  4th.  four  animals    ., 
Heather  Blackbird,  four  animals 

Jesamine.  1,405,  two  animals  . .. 

McHenrv  King  2d,  26,004 

.McHenrv  Pride  7th,  23,939 


Age. 


Aged 

One  year  .. 
Calf  "......, 

Aged 

Two  years 
Two  years 
One  year  . 
One  year. . 

Calf 

.\ged 

Young  


One  year  . 
Two  years 


Prem. 


3d. 

2d  . 

2d. 

2d. 

1st. 

3d. 

1st., 

2d. 

4tli 

2d  . 

1st. 

1st. 

2d. 

3d. 

4th 
2d. 


Amount. 


$ 


10.00 

15.00 

10.00 

15.00 

20.00 

10.00 

20.00 

15.00 

commen'd 

15.00 

20.00 

20.00 

15.00 

10.00 


highly  commen'd 
15.00 


higiily 


Class  IV. 


GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES.    BEEF  BREEDS. 


Bull . 
Cows 


McHenrv  King  2d.  20,004 

.McHenrv  King  8th,  29.556 

Blackbird  McHenrv  3d,  17,479  .... 

Pride  McHenrv  7th,  23,939 

Coquette  McHenrv  11th,  26,059  .. 
Coquette  McHenrv  12th.  20,061... 


One  vear.. 

Calf." 

.Aged  

Two  years 
One  year  . 
One  vear.. 


Class  XVI 


GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES,  BEEF  BREEDS. 


Herds iHeather  Lad  4th  at  the  head  . . 

'•      McHenry  King  2d  at  the  head 


* 


9.00 
6.00 

highly  commen'd 
20.00 
9.00 
6.00 


highly  commen'd 
$  75.00 


$335.00 


EXHIBITOR— Escher  &  Sons.  Botna. 


ClasIII. 


Bull 


cows 


Name  of  Animal. 


Clansman  Chief,  16,026 

Proud  Patrick  2d,  29,763  

....  Honev  Moon  of  North  Oaks,  18,044 

Florette,  21.884 

'•    Eva  of  Long  Branch,  24,797  

"     Jennie  Bavsl)ee.  27,899 

"     Valetta  of  Long  Branch.  28.902.   ... 

Herds Clansman  Chief  at  the  head 


Age. 

Aged 

Calf 

Aged 

Aged  ... 
Two  years 
One  year  . 

Calf 

Aged  


SWEEPSTAKES. 


Bull,  any  age  ,  Clansman  Chief,  16.026    .".    .   • 

Cow,  any  age.;Honev  .Moon  of  North  Oaks,  18,014 
I  Eva  of  Long  Branch,  24,797 


Amount. 


highly 


15.00 

15.00 

20.00 

10.00 

15.00 

commen'd 

15.00 

20.00 


Class  XIV. 


GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES. 


Bull 


Cows 


Clansman  Chief.16.026 

Proud  Patrick  2d,  29,763    

Honev  Moon  of  North  Oaks,  18,044 

Eva  of  Ltmg  Branch,  2  1,797  

Valetta  of  Long  Branch,  28.902  .. 


$10.00 

9.00 

commended 

15.00 

0.00 


Class  XVI. 


GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BEEF  BREEDS. 


Herd Clansman  Chief  at  the  head  . 


[Aged. 


5d.  .. 


$  30.00 


$    223.00 


{ 


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EXHIBITOK-A.  C  Binnie,  Alta. 


Class  III 

Bull 

Cows  

Herd".!.'."  :' 


Name  of  Animal. 


HeatluT  Lad  of  Emerson  '3d 

Mina  of  North  Oaks 

Stately  Beauty  of  Alta   

Mina  of  Alta    

Heather  Lad  of  Emerson   2d  at  the 
head 


Age^ 

Aged 

Aged  .... 
Two  years 
One  year.. 
Aged  


Prem. 


1st  .... 
■Ith  .... 
4th  .... 
5th  .... 
3d    .... 


Amount. 


$  20.00 
highly  commen'd 
highly  commen'd 
commended 
10.00 


SWEEPSTAKES. 


Bull  any  age .  |  Heather  Lad  of  Emerson  2d |  Aged |  1st  . . 

ClssaXIV.  GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES. 


$20.00 


Bull 


Heather  Lad  of  Emerson  2d 


:2d 


$  15.00 


$  65.00 


EXHIBITOR— J.  Evans  Jr.  &  Son,  Emerson. 


Class  HI. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

One  year  

One  year 

Calf 

Young 

Prem. 

3d  ... . 

3d 

5th 

2d 

1st 

Amount. 

Bull 

Black  August.  26.706 

Evans  Blackcap,  26,705 

Rose  of  Emerson  5th,  29.547 

Black  August  at  the  head 

.$  10.00 

Cows 

Herds  ..... .... 

10.00 
commended 
15.00 

Produce  of  a 
cow 

August  Flower  2d,  21,145,  two 

20.00 

$  55.00 

EXHIBITOR— Iowa  Agricultural  College,  Ames. 

Class  III. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Prem. 

Amount. 

Bull 

Roseberrv  of  Lakeside.  25.639 

Two  years  — 

1st 

$  20.00 

SWEEPSTAKES. 

• 

Bull  any  age..  1  Roseberry  of  Lakeside.  25.639 |  Two  years —  |  5tli —  |      commended 


DAIRY  CATTLE. 

Holstein  Friesian  were  exhibited  from  Nebraska,  three  herds,  one  from 
New  York  and  one  from  Iowa.  The  record  made  by  the  Iowa  herd  is  one 
very  gratifying,  as  follows: 

EXHIBITOR-W.  B.  Barney.  Hampton. 


Class  VII. 


Bull 


Cows 


Herd 


Name  of  Animal. 


Get  of  Sire . . . 
Produce  of 


Cow animals 


Chief  of  Maple  Hill  4th 

Jewel  of  Home  Farm 

Sensational  Chief 

Waspie  Jewel  Chief 

Minnie  Spaanz 

Bontje 

Pence  5th  Netherland 

Empress  of  Home  Farm 

Empress  Gerben  of  Home  Farm  — 
Gerben  Empress  of  Home  Farm  — 
Jewel  of  Home  Farm  at  the  head  . . 

Sensational  Chief  at  the  head      

Chief  of  Maple  Hill  4th.  4  animals. . 
Empress  Josephine  3d.  (jerben  two 


Age. 


Aged 

Two  years 
Calf 


Aged 

Aged 

Two  years 
one  year  .. 

Calf" 

Calf 

Aged 

Yt)uiig 


Prem 

1st ... . 
1st.  .. 
3d  . . . 
5th  .. 
3d  ... . 
4th. . . . 
4th. . . . 
2d.... 
3d  . . . . 
5th. . . . 
2d  ... . 
3d  ... . 
3d  . . . . 

3d  ... . 


Amount. 


$  15.00 
15.00 
5.00 
commended 
8.00 
highly  commen'd 
highly  commen'd 
12.00 
5.00 
commended 
12.00 
8.00 
8.00 


8.00 


SWEEPSTAKES. 


Bull  any  age. 


.!  Jewel  of  Home  Farm I  Two  years 

'Chief  of  Maple  Hill  4th ^Aged  


1st. 
2d  . 


15.00 
12.00 


66  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

Class  XV.  GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES,  General  Purpose  Breeds. 


^ull I  Jewel  of  Home  Farm  I  Two  years  ... 

Class  XVII.  GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES,  HERD. 


$  15.00 


Herd 


Jewel  of  Home  F"arm  at  the  head.. 


Aged 


3d. 


30.00 


$  168.00 


Three  herds  of  Red  Polled  cattle  were   exhibited  being  from   Wisconsin, 
Nebraska  and  Iowa.  The  following  is  the  record  of  the  Iowa  herd: 

EXHIBITOR-S.  A.  Converse,  Cresco. 


Class  X. 


Bull  .. 
Cows . 


Herd. 


Name  of  Animal. 


Lofty  E  13th 

Red  Mabel  A  12th 

Rav  3d,  P.9 

Spotless,  VI,  A.  13     

Tip  III,  74 

Rav  V,  P.9 

Queen  Bess  II,  A.  12 

Baveris  Bess  II,  A.  12  

Lofty  E  13  at  head  of  herd 


Age. 

Prem. 

Aged  

3d 

Aged 

3d 

Aged     

4th  .... 

Two  vears 

1st 

Two  ^-ears 

3d  .... 

One  year 

2d 

Calf 

1st 

Calf 

3d 

Aged 

2d 

Amount. 


$     8.00 

8.00 

highly  commen'd 

15.00 

8.00 

12.00 

12.00 

5.00 

12.00 


SWEEPSTAKES. 


Cows I  Spotless  VI,  A  13 |  Two  years....— 2d.. . 

Class  XV.  GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES. 


12.00 


Cow  

Spotless  VI,  A  13 

Two  years, 

(^ne  vear  ...   . 
Calf  " 

4th  .... 

3d 

5th  .... 

highly  commen'd 
(5.00 
commended 

Rav  V 

•. 

Queen  Bess  2d,  A  13 

.$  98.00 

There  were  two  herds  of  Polled  Durhams  exhibited,   one   from  Ohio  and 
the  following  from  Iowa: 

EXHIBITOR-J.  M.  Hughes,  Luray. 


Class  XI. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Prem. 

2d 

3d 

.3d   .... 
4th  ... . 

Amount 

Bull    

Aged 

Aged  

$  12.00 
8.00 

Cow 

Calf 

5.00 
highly  commen'd 

SWEEPSTAKES. 


Bull 
Cow 


JERSEY   CATTLE. 

The  Jersey  ring  was  the  best  show  of  Jerseys  that  has  been  seen  since 
the  Worlds  Fair  at  Chicago. 

There  were  two  herds  from  Nebraska  and  one  each  from  New  York,  In- 
diana, Missouri  and  Iowa,  represented  by  L.  E.  Williams,  of  Glenwood.  None 
of  the  Iowa  herd  caught  the  eye  of  the  judge  for  a  cash  prize.  The  same  was 
true  of  the  two  Iowa  herds  of  Hereford  cattle,  but  this  fact  does  not  prove 
the  lack  of  merit  of  the  Jersey  or  Hereford  Iowa  herds,  but  only  emphasizes 
the  superior  quality  of  these  two  breeds  exhibited,  the  equal  of  which  may 
not   be  seen   in   the  near  future. 


REPORT   OF  THE   DEPARTMENT   OF   LIVE    STOCK. 


5T 


Mr.  Z.  T.  Kinsell,  of  Mt.  Ayr,  with  his  young  herd  of  Herefords,  stood 
sixth,  but  could  have  been  placed  higher  with  no  injustice  to  those  taking 
ribbons  in  this  ring  of  eight  herds. 

Division  E,  Fat  Stock,  attracted  very  little  interest,  though  there  was  a 
small  but  very  high  class  showing  of  steers  in  fat  stock  and  car  lot  classes. 

The  State  Agricultural  College  exhibited  some  pure  bred  Short  Horn 
steers  and  grades  in  car  lot   classes,  as  follows: 


DIVISION  E,  FAT  STOCK. 


Class  I. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 
One  year 

Prem. 

Amount 

Steer  

1st.... 
2d  ... . 

$  18.00 
12.00 

SWEEPSTAKES. 


One  Year —  i  1st. 


20.00 


Class  IX. 


SWEEPSTAKES  BY  AGES. 


Steer 


One  year  —  |  3d 


$7  00 


Class  X. 


GRAND  SWEEPSTAKES. 

Competition  limited  to  first  in  classes. 


Steer. 

•  1 

i  One  year 

1  3d.... 

$  15  00 

Class 

XII. 

A 

Best  Car  Lot  Five  Head    . 
Best  Car  Lot  Five  Head    . 
Best  Car  Lot  for  Feeding 
Eight  Head 

Purposes 

One  year 

4th  .... 
5th  .... 

3d 

1st  .... 

highly  commen 

commended 
15  00 

d 

87  00 

J.  Evans,  Jr.,  &  Son.  Emerson,  exhibited  some  Aberdeen  Angus  steers  in 
the   classes   for  grades   and   crosses   and  car  lots. 


Steer 

Car  Lot.  Five  Head   

Two  years 

1st   .... 

2d 

2d 

3d 

1st 

15  00 
10  00 

** 

12  00 

Car  Lot.  Five  Head   

Car  Lot.  Eight  Head  for  feeding 
purposes 

9  00 

jj 

15  00 

$  61  00 

Albert   Harrah,   Newton,   exhibited  grade   Short   Horn 
old  class. 


steers    in    3-year 


Class  VII. 


Class  IX. 
Class  X. 
Class  XI I. 


Steer Tliree  years 1st.. 

Steer Tliree  years 2d.. 

.Sweepstakes    Three  years  ...1st.. 

Grand  Sweepstakes  by  ages Three  years 1st . . 

Grand  sweepstakes,  first  in  classes Three  years  ...ith 

Heaviest  Steer,  any  age Three  years 3d  .. 


15  00 
10  00 
18  00 
15  00 
highly  commended 
9  00 

$67  00 


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HORSES. 

The  exhibit  of  horses  was  not  conspicuously  large  in  numbers  nor  com- 
plete  in  number  of  breeds,   though  high  class,  yet  it   lacked  in  competition. 

Iowa  had  two  first-class  stables  beside  a  good  specimen  sent  from  the 
Iowa  Agricultural  College,  which  took  third  premium  in  a  good  ring  of  2- 
3^ear-old  Percherons,  as  follows: 

Stallion  2  years  old  and  under  3,  third  premium,  $8.00. 

SUFFOLK  PUNCH,  PETER  HOPLEY,  Lewis,  Iowa. 


Class 

Name  of  Animal 

Age 

Prem 

1st  .... 

2d 

1st  .... 
1st  .... 

2d 

1st  .... 
1st  .... 
1st  .... 
2d... 
1st  .... 

2d 

1st  .... 
1st  .... 
1st    ... 
2d.  .  . 
1st  .... 
2d 

Amount 

Aged 

Aged 

$  18  00 

Stallion 

Bell  Boy 

12  00 

Ben  Bolt 

Two  >ears    . . . 

One  year 

Gne  year 

CoU 

Aged 

Three  years  .. 
Three  years, .. 

Two  years 

Two  years 

One  year 

Under  lyear.. 

18  00 

15  00 

Bol)  Burgess  

10  00 

McKinlev 

12  00 

Mares 

Smart 

18  00 

18  00 

Alice •. 

12  00 

Dora 

Lucy    

Mary 

18  00 
12  00 
15  00 

■Stallion 

Juno 

12  00 
18  00 

Stallion 

JVIare 

JVIare 

Bell  Boy  and  three  of  his  get . .   ...  • 

Smart  and  two  colts 

Lucy  and  two  colts 

12  00 
18  00 
12  00 

SWEEPSTAKES.  ANY  AGE. 


Stallions 
any  age 


Blazer  

Bell  Boy 

Ben  Bolt 

Jimmy 

Bob  Burgess. 


1st 

2d. 

3d. 

4th 

5th 


18  00 
12  00 
8  00 
highly  commen'd 
commended 


SWEEPSTAKES. 


JVIares  any 

Jessie 

1st  .... 

2d 

3d 

4th  .... 
5th  .... 

1st  .... 

18  00 

12  00 

Juno...            ....           ...       

8  00 

Smart           

liiglilv  commen'd 

M  ar\'               ....         

conuiiended 

CoU'ection   two  stallions  and  three 
mares  lired  by  exhibitor,  five  years 
old  or  under.    Peter  Hopley 

18  00 

.$  344  00 

BELGIAN— E.  Lerebure,  Fairfax. 


Stallions  . 


Mares. 


ParthosC)03  (891) 

Brigand  1083  (967)   

Parthos  IV  783 

Partlios  VI  809 

Parthos  \'III  811 

Stallion  and  three  of  his  get, 

Parthos  603 

Brilliant  117 

Fanvette  118        

Migionette  119   

Mazette  122 

Frizette  120  ..     

Filly  iMarionette  121    

Mare  and  two  colts.  Rosette  85.. . 
Mare  and  two  colts.  Brilliant  117. 


Aged 

Aged 

Two  years 
One  year.. 
Colt: 


Aged 

Three  years. ., 
Two  years  — 
Two  years    .  - 
Yearling  filly 
Under  1  year.. 


1st 

2d. 

1st 

1st 

2d. 

1st 

2d. 

1st 

1st 

2d. 

2d. 

1st 

1st 

2d. 


SWEEPSTAKES. 


Stallion  any 

age 
JVIare  any  age 


Parthos603  (891) 

Brigand  1083  (967) 

Mignionette,  119...  

Brilliant  117 

Rosette  85 

Collection,  five  animals  t)red  by 
exhibitor 


18  00 
12  00 
18  00 
15  00 
8  00 

18  00 
12  00 
18  00 
18  00 
12  00 
10  00 
12  00 
18  00 
12  00 


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JACKS    AND    JENNETS 

One  Exhibit  from  Missouri  and  one  from  Iowa. 
EXHIBITOR-W.  L.  DeClow,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Jacks 4  years  or  more  2cl     

" 4  j-ears  or  over  "d   

"       3  years  1st 

"       2  vears 2d  

"       2  yeaJs  3d  

Jennet    4  "years  or  over  1st 

Sweepstakes,  Jack  3d   


MULES. 

EXHIBITOR-Geergo  E.  Morse,  Genoa  Biutfs. 

One  year  and  under  two 1        $1.5.00 

One  year  and   under  two 2  10.00 

Pair  niules,  one  year  and  under  two , 1  18.00 


*18 

00 

8 

00 

18 

00 

12 

00 

8 

00 

18 

00 

8 

00 

*  84 

00 

5        $43.00 

POULTRY. 

The  following  prizes  were  awarded  to  Iowa  exhibitors: 

McKee  &  Jones,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Xiight  Brama  Cockerel 3 

Liight   Brahma  Pullet ' 3 

^Buff  Cochin  Cockerel 2 

Buff  Cochin  Cock 2 

Buff  Cochin  Pullet 2 

Buff  Cochin    Hen 1 

Barred   Plymouth   Rock  Hen. 3 

IBuff   Plymouth  Rock  Hen 2 

Black  Breasted  Game  Bantam  Hen 1 

Black  Breasted  Red  Game  Bantan  Cockerel 1 

T31ack  Breasted  Red  Game  Pullet,  Bantam   1 

Berchen   Game  Bantam  Cock 1 

Berchen   Game  Bantam  Hen 1 

Estelle  \'aushn.  Council  Bluffs. 

Black  Langshan  Cockerel 3 

Black  Langshan  Pullet 3     3 

DARK  BRAHMAS    A.  .\.  .\nderson.  Boone. 

Cockerel    1 

Pullet    "l 

■Cock    1 

Hen    1 

Ben   male  and  four  females 1 

BARRED  PLYMOTTH  ROCK. 

Pullet 1 

Ben 1 

WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCK-Mrs.  K.  E.  Beckvvith.  Mt.  Pleasant. 

Hen    1 

Cockerel  1 

Pullet    2 

Pen    1 


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F.  O.  Green,  Des  Moines. 

Golden  "Wyandotte  Cockerel 1 

Golden  Sebright   Bantam  Cockerel 1 

Golden  Sebright  Bantam   Pullet 1 


BUFF  COCHIN'S. 


Cock  1 

Hen   1 

Cockerel  1 

Pullet  1 

P.  H.  Gassard,  Missouri  \'alley. 

White  Wyandotte  Pullet 2 

Silver  Laced  Wyandotte,  Cockerel 2 

Silver  Laced  Wyandotte,  Pullet 2 

SILVER  LACED  WYANDGTTPJS-E.  T.  Geddings,  Missouri  Valley. 

Cockerel   1 

Pullet   1 

Red  Pyle  Game  Cockerel 1 

Red  Pyle  Game  Pullet 1 

Black  Cochin  Bantam  Hen 1 

White  Cochin   Bantam  Cockerel 1 

White  Cochin  Bantam   Pullet 1 

SirTGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORN'S— Milton  C.  First,  Adair. 

Hen  1 

Cockerel   1 

Pullet  1 

A.  A.  Madison,  West  Branch. 
Silver  Spangled  Hamburg  Cockerel 1 

BLACK  BREASTED  RED  G.\ME  BAXTAMS-F.  C.  Arthur,  Stuart. 

Cockerel  1 

Pullet  2 


SWINE-POLAND    CHINA. 


The  Exhibit  was  not  greater  in  number  or  quality  than  has  been  shown 
at  the  Iowa  State  Fair  in  recent  years. 

The  Exhibits  were  from  only  four  States:  Iowa,  thirteen  herds;  Ne- 
braska, twelve;  Kansas,   six,  and  Missouri  five  herds. 

EXHIBITOR-A.  J.  Lytle,  Oskaloosa. 


Class  II. 


Boar 
Sow    , 
Herd 
Herd 
Herd, 


Sow 


Sow    

Four  Pigs 


Name  of  Animal. 


So.  Columbia  41541    

Marion  2 

Boar  and  three  sows 

Boar  and  three  sows 

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor 

Four  Swine,  get  of  one  sire,  bred  by 

exhibitor 

Lady  Lightfoof  66,  125,762     


Age. 


One  year 

Aged  

Over  one  xear 
Under  "      " 


Prem- 


4th 
3d 
4th 
2d 

2d 


Any  Age 2d 

5th 


Amount. 


highly  commen'd 

12  00 
highly  commen'd 

20  00 

20  00 

20  00 
commended 


.$  72  00 


EXHIBITOR— Harvey  Johnson,  Logan. 


Chiefs  Fame.  122.986  Six  months  .. 

Produce  same  sow    1  Under  0  mos. 


1st 
2d 


18  00 
15  00 

$  33  00 


o 


M   i7 


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REPORT  OF   THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


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KXHIBITOR     Houver  &  Harrison.  Oskaloosa. 


Boar     

Sow    

Herd 

Herd    

Four  Swine 

Four  Pigs  . 


Mahaska  Chief,  41,5-1:9  

Star  Pointer.  -415,455   

Hoover's  Choice.  127,058   ... 

Boar  and  three  sows 

Boar  and  three  sows,  bred  by 
exhibitor     

Get  of  oee  sire  bred  by  ex- 
hibitor   

Produce  same  sow      


Aged  . .  — 
Under  (>  inos 
Under  (J  nios. 
Under  1  \ear 

Under  1  year 


Any  age 

'Under  li  inos. 


4th  . . 
5th  . . . 
4th  ... 
41h    .. 

4th    .. 

3d  ... 
1st  ... 


highly  commen'd 

coniinended 
highly  coninien'd 


12  00 
20  00 


$32  00 


EXHIBITOR— Thomas  Stevenson,  Fifield. 

Boar  

Boar    

A.  .T.  Tecumseh,  41,309              

Aged        

Any  age 

2d    .     . 
9d    .... 

15  00 
12  00 

S27  00 

EXHIBITOR-G.  F.  Marshall,  Monroe. 

Class  II. 

Herd 

Herd 

Herd 

Four  Swine 


Name  of  Animal. 


Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 
exhibitor    

Boar  and  three  sows    

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 
exhibitor  

Get  of  one  sire  bred  by 
exhibitor 


Age. 


Over  1  year  .. 
Under  1  year 

Under  1  year 

Any  age 


Prem. 


5th 
3d 

3d 

4d 


Amount. 


commended 
12  00 

12  00 

highly  commen'd 


24  00 


EXHIBITOR— A    \V.  Albertson  &  Son.  Inwood. 


Boar A's  Chiefs  Tecumseh,  19.066 Aged 5th  ... 

EXHIBITOR— \V.  G.  Tittsworth,  Avoca. 

Sow Lady  CorRin,  126,896 One  year  5th  ... 

EXHIBITOR-F.  M.  McDairmid,  Cumberland. 

Boar  Corwin  Boy,  46,023    Under  6  mos 4th  ... 

Four  Pigs..  The  produce  of  one  sow Under  6  mos    ..3d.   ... 


commended 

commended 

highly  commended 
$12  00 


DUROC   J£RSEY   SW^INE. 


This  Exhibit  was  generally  conceded  to  have  been  the  best  ever  seen  in 
the  Western  country,  showing  that  the  owners  of  the  stout  boned  red  hogs 
are  meeting  with  great  success  for  their  favorite  breed. 

Six  herds  were  shown  from  Nebraska,  two  from  Iowa  and  one  from  Illi- 
nois, and  one  from  Ohio,  but  the  honors  were  largely  taken  by  the  veteran 
breeder  from  Iowa,  to  whom  great  credit  is  due.    His  score  is  as  follows: 

EXHIBITOR-Wm.  Roberts  &  Son,  Baton. 


Class  IV 


Name  of  Animal. 


Orion,  4,901    

Am  Awake,  6,601 


Boar 

Boar  

Boar  

Sow    Dot  III,  13,740 

Sow    

Sow     


Herd Boar  and  three  sows 

Hercl   Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor        

Herd    Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor  

Boar Sweepstakes  

Sow    Sweepstakes  

Boar  Sweepstakes,  bred  by  exhibitor 

Sow ■  'Sweepstakes,  bred  by  exhibitor 


Age. 


Aged 

One  year 

Under  6  mos  . 

Aged 

Aged 

6  months,  un- 
der 1  year  — 
Over  1  year. ., 

Over  1  year  . 

Under  1  year 

Any  age 

Any  age 

Any  age 

Any  age 


Prem 

1st  - 
4th  . 
2d 
1st 
2d    . 

1st 
3d 

3d    . 

4th  . 
2d    . 
2d    . 
5th 
2d    . 


Amount. 


S20  00 

highly  commen'd 

10  00 

20  00 

15  00 

18  00 
12  00 

12  00 

highly  commen'd 
20  00 
20  00 
commended 
20  00 

$  167  00  


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IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 


K.XlIIBrroK— John  Henderson'  Panora. 


Class  IV 


Boar 


Sow- 


Name  of  Animal. 


Herd Boar  and  three  sows  

"      Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor  

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor  

"      Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor 

Get  of  one  boar,  bred  by  exhibitor. 


Four  Swine. 
Four  Pigs  . . 
Boar  Sweepstakes . 


Age. 

Aged        

One  year 

Over  ti  inos.  .. 

One  year  

Under  U  mos.. 
Over  1  \'ear. .. 

Over  1  year. .. 

Under  1  year  . 

Under  1  year  . 
Any  age  ..... 
Under  4  mos  . 
Any  age 


Prem. 
2d    .... 

Amount. 

15  00 

5th  ... . 

commended 

4th  . . . 

highlv  commen 

d 

5th    ... 

commended 

2d    .... 

10  00 

4th  ... 

highly  commen 

d 

4th    ... 

highly  commen 

d 

5th  .... 

commended 

5th  ... 

commended 

5th  .... 

commended 

2d    ... 

15  00 

5th  .... 

commended 

$40  00 

CHESTER  "WHITES. 

Premiums  offered  in  this  class  were  only  three-fourths  the  amount  given 
to  other  leading  Iowa  classes 

Two  herds  were  shown  from  Nebraska,  one  from  Illinois,  one  from  Mis- 
souri and  one  from  Iowa,  but  good  enough  to  win  the  largest  part  of  the 
prizes,  being  the  largest  winners  on  swine  in  the  State. 

EXHIBITOR— James  A.  Loughridge,  Sigourney. 


Boar 

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 
exhil^itor               

Under  1  year  . 
Under  0  mos. . 
Under  0  mos 
One  year  ... 

6  months  

6  montlis  

6  mos.  (under) 
Under  6  mos. . 

Over  1  year. . 

Under  lyear.. 

Under  lyear.. 
Under  1  j'ear.. 

Any  age 

Under  6  mos.. 
Under  6  mos.. 

Any  age 

Any  age 

Any  age 

Any  age    — 

1st 

1st  .    . 
2d    .... 
4th    .. 
1st  .... 
2d    .... 
1st  .... 
2d  .... 

3d    .... 

1st   .... 

2d    .... 
1st  .... 
3d    .... 
1st  .... 
2d   .... 
3d  .... 
3d   .... 

1st   .... 
3d    .... 

12  00 
10  00 

.> 

7  00 

Sow    

highly  commen'd 

12  00 

1' 

8  00 

'. 

10  00 

•  • 

7  00 

Herd 

0  00 

ti 

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 
exhibitor 

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibftor 

Boar  and  three  sows 

Get  of  same  boar,  bred  by  exhibitor 

Four  Swine. .. 
Four  Pigs 

18  00 

12  00 

18  00 

9  00 

15  00 

Produce  of  same  sow 

12  00 

Boar 

Sweepstakes 

Sweepstakes  

Sweepstakes,  bred  by  exhibitor   . . 
Sweepstakes,  bred  by  exhibitor   — 

9  00 

Sow 

9  00 

Boar 

Sow 

18  00 
9  00 

8  204  00 

BERKSHIRE. 

Two  herds  were  exhibited  from  Missouri,  one  from  Kentucky,  Nebraska, 
and  one  from  Iowa. 

EXHIBITOR— Mrs.  Ida  H.  Haworlh.  New  Sharon. 


Class  I. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Prem. 

Amount. 

Second  Seven  Oaks  Baron,  46,574.. 

Boar  and  three  sows 

Boar  and  three  sows    

Boar  and  three  sows  bred  by 

exhibitor — 

Produce  same  sow    

One  year 

6  months 

Under  6  mos.. 

One  year 

Under  Omos.. 
Over  1  year. .. 
L'nder  lyear.. 
Under  1  year.. 

Under  6  mos.. 

3d    .... 
2d    .... 
4th  ... . 
4th  .... 
4th  .... 
4th  .... 
4th  .... 

4th  .... 
2d   .... 

12  00 

Boar  

12  00 

Boar  

highly  commen'd 

Sow    

highlv  commen'd 

Sow    

highlv  commen'd 

Herd 

highlv  commen'd 

Herd          

highly  commen'd 

Herd    

Four  Pigs 

highly  commen'd 
15  00 

$39  00 

^t  n 


REPORT  OP   THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 


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FAT  STOCK    DIVISION  E 

EXHIBITOR-F  M.  McDairmid,  Cumberland 


Class  II- 

POLAND  CHINA  SWINE. 

Prem. 
2d    .... 
1st  .... 

Amount. 

Barrow  

Barro\\'  

Fourteen  and  under  eighteen  months  old 

.Six  and  under  ten  months  old   

15  00 
15  00 

S  30  09 

SHEEP. 

Prof.  John  A.  Craig  of  the  Agricultural    College    distributed   the   ribbons 
on  nearly  all  the  Sheep  classes  and  gave  universal  satisfaction. 

SHROPSHIRE. 

A  flock  from  Nebraska,  one  from  Illinois  and  one  from  Iowa  were  shown. 

EXHIBITOR-Ed.  Wineland.  Avoca.  . 


Class  V. 

Name  of  Animal 

Age. 

Aged 

Yearling 

Two  years    . . 
Yearling 

Under  2  years. 

Prem. 

3d    .... 
5th  .... 
4th  .... 
5th  .... 

3d    .... 

Amount. 

R  am  

Two  rams  and  three  ewes  1 
exhibitor 

jred  by 

8  00 

(i 

commended 

Ewe   

highly  commen'd 

Pen    

9  00 

OXFORD  DOWNS. 

One  Exhibit  from  Wisconsin,  one  from  Illinois  and  one  from  Iowa. 
EXHIBITOR-Ed.  Wineland,  Avoca. 


Class  VI. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Aged 

Yearling 

Lamb           .... 

Prem. 

3d    .... 
3d    .... 
5th  ... . 
4th  ... . 
3d    .... 
5th  .... 

Amount. 

Ram  

8  00 

8  00 

11 

rom  mendefl 

Ewe   

Aged  

1  earhng 

Yearling 

highly  commen'd 
8  00 

.• 

$  41  00 

DELAINE  MERINO. 

Two  flocks  were  shown  from  Kansas,  one  from  Ohio  and  one  from  Iowa. 
EXHIBITOR-Blakely  &  Co.,  Grinnell. 


Class  X. 

Name  of  Animal. 

Age. 

Two  years 

Two  years 

One  year 

One  year 

Under  1  year.. 
Under  1  year.. 
Ae-ed 

Prem. 

4th  .... 
5th  .... 
3d    ... 
4th  .... 
3d    .... 
4th  .... 
3d    .... 
4th  .... 
3d    .... 
4th  .... 
3d    .... 
4th  .... 
4th  .... 
2d    .... 
.3d    .... 
2cl    .... 

2d    .... 

3d    .... 

Amount. 

Ram    

and  three  ewes    

highly  commen'd 
comniHnrlerl 

5  00 
highly  commen'tl 

4  00 
highly  ct)mmen'd 

5  00 

4< 

Ewe          

a 

Aged....    ..... 

Two  years  . .  . 
Two  oears  — 

One  year 

One  year 

Under  1  year.. 
Over  2  years.. 
(Jver  2  years.. 
Over  2  years . . 

Under  2  years 

Under  2  years. 

highly  commen'd 

5  00 
highly  commen'd 

5  00 

" 

iiighly  commen'd 
highly  commen'd 
12  00 

" 

Ram 

Ram  

and  three  ewes 

9  00 

Pen  of  five 

ewes  bred  by  exhibitor 

12  00 

Pen  of  two 

Pen  of  two.... 

rams  and  three  ewes  bred  by 
exhibitor  

rams  and  three  ewes  bred  by 
exhibitor 

12  00 

9  00 

S  78  00 

CONSOLIDATED     STATEMENT     OF     PREMIUMS     AW^ARDED     TO 
lOAVA   LIVE   STOCK  EXHIBITORS, 

Short  Horn  Cattle  received  6  first  premiums,  8  second  premiums,  8  third 
premiums,  2  fourth  premiums,  3  fifth  premiums.     Total,  27  premiums. 


DELAINE  MERINO 
Blakelv  &  Co.,    Grinnell,  Iowa. 


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Aberdeen  Angus  Cattle  received  15  first  premiums,  16  second  premiums, 
13  third  premiums,  7  fourth  premiums,  4  fifth  premiums.  Total,  78  premiums. 

Holstein  Friesian  Cattle  received  3  first  premiums,  4  second  premiums,  7 
third  premiums,  2  fourth  premiums,  2  fifth  premiums.     Total,  18  premiums. 

Red  Polled  Cattle  received  2  first  premiums,  3  second  premiums,  5  third 
premiums,  2  fourth  premiums,  1  fifth  premium.    Total,  13  premiums. 

Polled  Durham  Cattle  received  2  second  premiums,  3  third  premiums,  1 
fifth  premium.    Total,  6  premiums. 

Fat  Cattle  and  Steer  Classes  received  8  first  premiums,  4  second  prem- 
iums, 5  third  premiums,  2  fourth  premiums,  1  fifth  premium.  Total,  20 
premiums. 

In  all,  Iowa  Cattle  took  34  first  premiums,  37  second  premiums,  41  third 
premiums,   16  fourth  premiums,  11   fifth  premiums.   Total,   139  premiums. 

Iowa  Horses  received  24  first  premiums,  16  second  premiums,  4  third  prem- 
iums, 2  fourth  premiums,  2  fifth   premiums.     Total,  48  premiums. 

Jacks  and  Jennets  received  2  first  premiums,  2  second  premiums,  3  third 
premiums.     Total,  7  premiums. 

Two  Iowa  Mules  received  2  first  premiums,  1  second  premium.  Total,  3 
premiums. 

IOWA  SWINE. 

Poland  China  received  2  first  premiums,  5  second  premiums,  5  third 
premiums,  7  fourth  premiums,  5  fifth  premiums.    Total,  24  premiums. 

Duroc  Jersey  received  3  first  premiums,  8  second  premiums,  2  third 
premiums,  5  fourth  premiums,  7  fifth  premiums.     Total,  25  premiums. 

Chester  White,  one  herd,  received  8  first  premiums,  5  second  premiums,  5 
third  premiums,  1  fourth  premium.     Total,    19  premiums. 

Berkshires,  one  herd,  received  2  second  premiums,  1  third  premium,  6 
fourth  premiums.    Total,  9  premiums. 

Fat  Stock  Poland  China  received  1  first  premium,  1  second  premium. 
Total,   2  premiums. 

In  all  Iowa  Swine  received  14  first  premiums,  21  second  premiums,  13 
third  premiums,  19  fourth  premiums,  12  fifth  premiums.    Total,  79  premiums. 

SHEEP. 

Iowa  Flocks  took  3  second  premiums,  12  third  premiums,  9  fourth  prem- 
iums,  5   fifth  premiums.     Total,   29  premiums. 

The  Iowa  Live  Stock  in  all  the  classes  shown  as  above  took  the  follow- 
ing prizes:  74  first  premiums,  80  second  premiums,  72  third  premiums,  46 
fourth  premiums,  30  fifth  premiums.    Total,  302  premiums. 

Amount  of  total  cash  premiums,  $3,106.00.  In  addition  to  the  above  cash 
prizes  there  were  ribbons  for  76  different  av,-ards. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Icwa  Commission  voted  to  pay  the 
freight  and  terminal  charges  in  and  oi  t  of  the  Exposition  to  all  Live  Stock 
Exhibitors  from  Iowa. 

In  accordance  therewith,  the  sums  set  opposite  the  following  names  were 
paid   by  the   Secretary: 


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IOWA  T-M  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 


XAME. 

John  Henilerson   

Iowa  Agricultural  College 
(C.  F.  Curtis.  Exhibitor) 

W.  L.  DeClow 

G.  E.Ward  

E.  Lefebure  Sr 

Albert  Harrah 

W.B.Barney  

J.  H.  VanBuren 

L.  E.  Williams 

A.  J.Lytle  

Chas.  Escher  &  Sons  , 

Blakelv  &  Co 

A.  J.  Tittsvvorth 

Hoover  &  Harrison 

J.  Evans  Jr.  &  Sons 

S.A.Converse 

Ed.  Wineland , 

G.F.Marshall .. 

J.  R.  Westrope , 

Wm.  Roberts 

C.Gloe 

Harvey  Johnson    

Richie  Bros 

F.  M.  McDiarmid 

A.W.  Albertson  &Son... 

Ida  H.  Haworth 

W.  A.  McHenry 

A.  C.  Binnie  

Z.T.Kinsell 

Peter  Hopley    

John  Cresswell 

Chas.  C.  Norton 

James  A.  Loughridge 

J.  M.  Hughes 

Peter  Mouw 


P.  (). 


Panora 


Ames    

Cedar  Rapids 
Hawarden    . . . 

Fairfax  

Newton    

Hampton    

Quimby  

Glenwood  — 
Oskaloosa  . . . 

Botna 

Grinnell 

Avoca 

Oskaloosa  — 

Emerson   

Cresco 

Avoca  

Monroe 

Harlan    

Baton 

Clinton  

Logan  

St.  Charles.... 
Cumberland  . . 

Inwood 

New  Sharon  . . 

Denison  

Alta 

Mount  Ayr    .. 

Lewis 

Bonaparte    . . . 

Corning  

Sigourney 

Luray 

Orange  City  . . 


STOCK. 


Swine 


Swine  and  Cattle 

Jacks    

Cattle    

Horses 

Cattle    

Cattle    

Swine    

Cattle    

Swine    

Cattle    

Sheep   

Swine    

Swine   

Cattle    

Cattle    

Sheep   

Swine    , 

Cattle     

Swine    

Swine    

Swine 

Swine    

Swine    

Swine    

Swine    

Cattle    

,Cattle    

Cattle    

Horses 

Cattle    

Cattle    

Swine    

Cattle    

Cattle    


AMOUNT. 


35  00 

118  34 
76  00 
54  74 
62  68 

48  50 
62  40 
14  60 

27  29 
47  00 

35  93 
39  80 

7  65 
39  98 
30  04 
64  93 

30  60 
46  40 

33  00 
43  61 

8  80 

34  02 
11  15 
37  90 
23  95 
43  00 

36  83 
45  94 
57  89 
50  84 
53  80 

31  99 

49  94 

28  08 
34  42 


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I  desire,  in  conclusion,  to  extend  my  congratulations  to  the  Exhibitors 
for  the  excellent  showing  made.  In  behalf  of  the  Commission,  I  extend 
thanks  for  the  credit  done  the  State    by  their  enterprise. 

S.  B.  PACKARD,  Commissioner  in  Charge. 

Marshalltown,  Iowa. 


REPORT  OF  THE 

Department  of  Agriculture,  Dairy  and  Apiary. 

At  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition,  Omaha, 
June  to  November,  1898. 


Report  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Iowa    Trans-Mississippi      and     Interna- 
tional Exposition  Commission: 

In  submitting  this  report  I  desire  to  state  that  at  the  second  session  of 
the  Iowa  Commission,  held  in  Council  Bluffs,  July  1,  1897,  the  following  resolu- 
tion   was   presented    by   Commissioner  Packard: 

"Resolved,  That  for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  necessary  grains,  grasses, 
straw  and  other  material  from  the  growing  crops  when  in  proper  condition 
for  exhibition  and  for  decorative  purposes,  also  such  fruits  and  other  pro- 
ducts of  the  soil  as  may  be  obtained  from  the  crop  of  1897,to  be  used  as  part 
of  the  Iowa  State  Exhibit  at  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposi- 
tion, to  be  held  in  Omaha  in  1898,  the  secretary  is  hereby  instructed  to  col- 
lect, prepare  and  preserve,  at  the  expense  of  the  Commission,  the  foregoing 
products  at  an  expense  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars  ($800), 
and  this  sum,  or  such  part  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  set  apart 
for  that  purpose,  and  the  president  and  secretary  are  hereby  authorized 
to  draw  warrants  upun  the  Treasurer  of  tlie  Commission  -for  the  same,  upon 
proper     vouchers."     Resolution     adopted. 

During  the  same  session  of  the  Commission,  plans  were  discussed  for 
making  exhibits  of  the  industries  of  Iowa  in  the  various  departments  at 
the  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition.  It  was  hoped  at  that 
time  that  sufficient  appropriation  would  be  made  by  the  Twenty-seventh 
General  Assembly  to  enable  the  Commission  to  make  a  creditable  exhibit  of 
all  the  varied  industries  of  our  State,  and  departments  were  assigned  to  the 
different  members  of  the  Commission,  and,  on  motion  of  Commission  Cook, 
I  was  appointed  as  Commissioner  to  take  charge  of  the  Agricultural,  Dairy 
and  Apiary  Departments. 

In  order  to  secure  the  best  results,  I  found  it  necessary  to  commence 
promptly  the  work  of  securing  specimens  from  the  growing  crops,  and  im- 
mediately after  the  adjournment  of  the  Commission,  acting  under  the  reso- 
lution above  written,  I  secured  the  services  of  some  well  known  experts  in 
different  parts  of  the  state,  giving  them  minute  instructions  as  to  the  ma- 
terial desired  for  making  a  creditable  exhibit,  and  for  decorative  purposes. 
I  secr.'-ed  cold  storage  for  fruit  and  a  suitable  warehouse  at  Council 
Bluffs  for*  storing  the  material  for  the  Agricultural  Exhibit,  and  all  grains, 
grasses  and  other  material,  whenever  it  was  sufficiently  cured,  was  properly 
boxed  and  sent  to  this  warehouse  for  storage  until  it  was  needed  the  follow- 
ing spring. 

So  far  as  the  exhibit  of  agricultural  and  farm  products  was  concerned, 
I  deemed  it  best  to  make  that  exhibit  as  permanent  as  possible  before  the 
opening  of  the  Exposition,  not  only  In  the  interest  of  economy,  but  with  two 
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First — To  install  an  artistic  exhibit  and  make  a  pleasing  decorative  dis- 
play of  natural  products,  making  corn  in  all  the  many  varieties  and  colors 
■s.  leading  feature,  introducing  grains,  grasses,  seeds,  plants  and  herbs  in  the 
most  attractive  forms. 

Second — to  show  in  the  exhibit  the  best  specimens  not  only  of  the  pro- 
ducts of  our  soil,  but  the  soil  itself,  knowing  that  an  exhibit  of  this  kind 
properly  installed  required  but  little  replenishing  during  the  entire  term  of 
the   Exposition. 

At  a  subsequent  session  of  the  Commission  and  after  an  additional  appro- 
.priation  had  been  made  by  the  General  Assembly,  it  was  decided  by  the 
Commission  to  make  no  exhibit  in  any  of  the  departments  of  the  Exposi- 
tion unless  space  should  be  granted  free  in  the  various  exhibition  buildings 
-for  the  purpose  of  installing  the  Iowa  exhibits.  Only  a  limited  amount  of 
free  space  w^as  granted,  and  it  was  decided  to  allot  that  space  in  the  Agri- 
cultural and  Horticultural  Buildings  and  make  the  best  possible  exhibits 
thereon.  The  sum  of  Ave  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($5,500.00)  was  set 
apart  to  install  and  maintain  an  exhibit  in  the  Agricultural  Department,  and 
Xi.  G.  Clute,  of  Greeley,  Delaware  County,  Iowa,  was  nominated  superintend- 
•ent,  and  his  nomination  confirmed  by  the   Commission. 

Twelve  hundred  (1,200)  square  feet  of  space  was  secured  in  the  center  of 
the  Agricultural  building;  the  location  was  one  of  the  most  desirable  and 
prominent  in  the  building;  drawing  for  platform  and  superstructures  were 
made  by  Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co.,  architects,  contract  for  construction  was 
let  to  P.  H.  Wind  of  Council  Bluffs,  and  the  Commission  secured  the  services 
of  the  well  known  decorator,  D.  E.  Milward,  to  do  the  decorative  work  and 
■assist  in  the  installation  of  the  exhibit.  In  addition  to  the  decorative  work, 
twenty-five  hundred  (2,500)  inverted  glass  show  bottles  and  tubes  were  filled 
Avith  grain  and  seeds  and  helped  to  complete  the  installation  of  the  most  at- 
tractive   exhibit    in    the    entire    building. 

As  proof  of  the  excellence  of  the  work,  the  quality  of  the  material  and 
the  artistic  design,  the  state  of  Iowa  was  awarded  a  diploma  and  gold 
medal  for  its  collective  state  exhibit. 

The  flax  industry  of  northern  and  western  Iowa  was  represented  by  some 
xery  fine  samples  of  flax,  flax  seed  and  flax  spinning  fiber.  These  speci- 
mens were,  at  my  request,  secured  by  Hon.  Jasper  Thompson  of  Forest 
<:ity. 

A  prominent  feature  of  the  Iowa  Agricultural  Exhibit  was  the  samples  of 
Iowa  soil  which  w-as  shown  in  glass  cylinders  six  inches  in  diameter  and  six 
:feet  in  length.  These  samples  were  especially  attractive  and  received  fa- 
•A'orable  comment. 

During  the  Exposition  arrangement.-,  were  made  with  the  officers  of  the 
Iowa  State  Agricultural  College  and  Experiment  Station  to  make  a  special 
•exhibit  of  farm  products,  and  a  location  was  assigned  them  on  the  space  al- 
lotted to  Iowa  in  the  Agricultural  Building,  and  a  most  creditable  exhibit 
"\vas  installed  by  Mr.  James  Atkinson,  asistant  in  agriculture,  under  the  di- 
rection of  President  Beardshear  of  the  College  and  Director  C.  P.  Curtis 
•Oi"  the  Experiment  Station.  After  the  installation  of  this  exhibit  was  com- 
pleted, it  became  a  part  of  our  State  Exhibit  and  was  cared  for  by  our  su- 
perintendent in  charge. 

During  the  months  of  August  and  September  some  very  fine  specimens 
of  corn  were  placed  on  exhibition  by  Iowa  farmers  interested  in  the  success 
•of  our  State  Exhibit.  Some  of  these  spscimens,  I  feel  sure,  were  the  finest 
•ever  produced,  and  I  wish  to  extend  my  thanks  to  the  parties  contributing 
these  specimens,  and  also  the  thanks  of  the  Commission.  I  think  every  one 
•of  these  specimens  entered  in  the  competitive  contest  was  awarded  a  dip- 
loma or  medal. 

In  this  connection  I  desire  to  mention  the  eflkient  and  faithful  services 
performed  by  L.  G.  Clute.  superintendent,  during  the  entire  term 
■of  the  Exposition  he  was  in  charge,  and  with  the  exception  of  a  few  days 
during  his  illness  he  performed  all  the  duties,  and  the  Commission  was  at  no 
expense  for  other  assistants  in  that  dejiartment. 


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Perhaps  the  most  notable  feature  in  the  State  Agricultural  Exhibit  was 
the  magnificent  showing  made  of  Iowa's  principal  product.  I  refer  to  the  dis- 
play and  quality  of  Indian  Corn,  of  which  we  exhibited  over  one  hundred 
varieties,  and  we  can  state,  without  fear  of  successful  contradiction,  that  the 
corn  exhibit  not  only  equaled,  but  was  superior  to  that  of  any  other  state. 


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The  above  cut  shows  fairly  seven  ears  of  Early  Yellow  Rose  Corn  that 
v.eighed  10  1-2  pounds  and  five  ears  of  Snowflake  White  that  weighed  8  1-2 
pounds.  The  cut  is  from  a  photo  and  shows  truly  what  may  be  expected  to 
grow  from  either   variety  with  good  ground,  good  work. 

J.  B.  ARMSTRONG,  Shenandoah,  Iowa. 


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AWARDS. 

State  of  Iowa,  for  Artistic  Collective  Exhibit  of  Agricultural  Products, 
Gold  Medal  and   Diploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  grains,  gold  medal  and  diploma. 

L.  G.  Clute  and  Sons,  Greeley,  collection  of  corn,  gold  medal  and  diploma. 

J.   B.   Armstrong,    Shenandoah,   corn,   gold  medal  and  diploma. 

C.   A.    Clute,    Greeley,    grain,    bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

James  Hethershaw,  Des   Moines,  red  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma.. 

Nims  Bros.,  Emerson,  yellow  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

Bingham  and  Son,  Jesup,   corn  flour,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

J.  W.  Murphy,   Glenwood,    squaw  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

John  Fishell,  Greeley,  white  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

Francis  Duke,  Peterson,  yellow  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

John  Crail,  Greeley,  yellow  corn,  bronze  medal  and  diploma. 

"William  Hoyt,  Manchester,   white  rye,   diploma  for  honorable  mention. 

S.  A.   Thomas,   Bingham,   white  corn,  diploma  for  honorable  mention. 

A.   D.  Plummer,  Ivy,  white  oats,  diploma  for  honorable  mention. 

R.  H.  Bailey,  Atlantic,  white  corn,  diploma  for  honoi'able  mention. 

J.  M.  Daniels,  Algona,  yellow  corn,  diploma  for  honorable  mention. 

J.  Li.  Edwards,  Glenwood,  white  corn,  diploma  for  honorable   mention. 

Fred   Hethershaw,   Des  Moines,   white  oats,  diploma  for  honorable  men- 
tion. 

C.   R.    Taylor,   Hamburg,    white  cor  i,   diploma  for  honorable   mention. 

John  Coyle,  Greeley,  white  corn,  diploma  for  honorable  mention. 

C.   Anderson,   Farragut,,    white   cor.i,  diploma  for  honorable  mention. 


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DAIRY  DEPARTMENT. 

It  was  the  desire  of  youi"  Commissioner  in  cliarge  of  the  Dairy  Depart- 
ment of  the  Iowa  Exliibit,  and  of  all  the  members  of  the  Commission,  to 
have  Iowa  malce  a  credital^le  exhibit  in  this  Department.  The  dairy  indus- 
try has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  most  important  and  profitable  industries  of 
our  great  commonwealth.  The  product  of  our  creameries  sells  on  its  merit 
everywhere,  and  the  attention  of  the  world  has  been  drawn  to  our  state  on 
account  of  the  exhibits  that  have  been  made  at  previous  great  expositions, 
and  on  account  of  the  large  number  of  premiums  awarded  to  Iowa  for  the 
very  high  score  that  had  been  made  at  those  expositions  by  the  butter  ex- 
hibited from  the  creameries  and  dairies  of  our  state.  The  magnificent  rec- 
ord made  at  the  Worlds  Columbian  Exposition  in  Chicago  in  1893,  winning, 
as  we  did,  one  hundred  and  twenty  awards  on  butter  sent  from  creameries 
and  dairies  has  added  thousands  if  not  millions  of  dollars  to  the  wealth  of 
our  state. 

Our  first  visit  to  Omaha,  in  company  with  Chairman  Packard  of  our  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  and  acting  as  sub-cnmmittee  for  securing  free  space  for 
Iowa  Exhibits,  we  had  several  interviews  with  the  Commissioner  in  charge 
of  the  dairy  department  of  the  Exposition,  also  with  the  Board  of  Manage- 
ment, in  order  that  we  might,  if  possible,  secure  free  space  in  the  dairy 
building  for  an  exhibit  of  butter  from  the  Iowa  creameries.  We  were  unable 
to  secure  any  space  except  upon  payment  in  compliance  with  their  rules.  At 
the  next  session  of  the  Executive  Committe  I  brought  the  matter  to  their 
attention,  and  it  was  fully  discussed,  but  as  the  rules  for  making  exhibits  in 
•  that  department  had  not  yet  been  pu'jlished,  no  definite  action  was  taken. 
At  a  late  date,  however,  the  rules  were  published,  requiring  every  exhibi- 
tor  to   make   five    exhibits,    one    during  each  month  of  the  Exposition. 

After  sending  copies  of  the  rules  to  the  leading  creamery  men  of  the  state 
and  to  the  dairy  commissioner  and  president  of  the  State  Dairy  Association, 
1  visited  the  commissioner,  and  it  was  his  opinion,  and  his  views  were  en- 
dorsed by  many  of  the  buttermakers  of  the  State,  that  it  would  be  unwise 
to  try  to  exhibit  under  the  rules,  and  be  obliged  to  submit  to  five  tests,  as  it 
must  necessarily  lower  the  record  of  the  best  buttermakers  if  they  were 
obliged  to  make  butter  and  ship  it  to  the  Exposition  during  the  months  of 
July  and  August.  I  at  once  corresponded  with  superintendents  in  charge  of 
the  Dairy  Department  of  some  other  states  that  were  interested,  and  all 
joined  in  asking  the  Board  of  Management  to  change  their  rules  and  have 
three  tests  instead  of  five,  thereby  materially  reducing  the  expense  to  states 
and  individuals  and  also  giving  opportunity  to  obtain  a  better  record.  These 
efforts,  however,  failed,  and  it  was  deemed  best  to  give  up  that  part  of  our 
State  Exhibit,  as  we  feared  conditions  would  be  such  that  Iowa  would  gain 
nothing  under  existing  circumstances. 

Another  difficulty  was  in  the  fact  that  refrigeration  in  the  dairy  build- 
ing was  not  perfect  until  the  last  of  July  or  early  in  August.  Later  some 
changes  were  made  in  the  rules  by  the  manager  of  the  dairy  department,  al- 
lowing each  exhibit  to  be  tested  and  award  made  for  that  exhibit  without 
reference  to  the  tests  that  might  be  made  in  any  other  month.  We  imme- 
diately corresponded  with  our  creamery  men,  and  many  individual  exhibits 
were  made,  and  in  almost  every  instance  the  score  was  equal  to  the  best, 
and  in  one  or  two  instances  we  scored  higher  on  creamery  butter  than  any 
other  State.  John  M.  Turnbull  of  Atlantic,  having  scored  the  highest  num- 
ber of  points  in  any  one  test,  was  awarded  a  gold  medal. 

After  the  close  of  the  Exposition,  I  received  notice  from  the  Department 
of  Exhibits  that  a  bronze  medal  had  been  awarded  to  Iowa  for  her  State  Ex- 
hibit in  the  daii-y  department.  I  immediately  replied  that  the  State  of  Iowa 
through  its  Commission,  had  made  no  State  Exhibit,  and  had  not  entered 
into  competition  with  other  States  in  that  department  during  the  Exposi- 
tion, and  made  a  vigorous  protest  against  having  the  matter  published  in 
their  official   report  in  that  way,  and  stated   that   all   the  exhibits    that    had 


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been  made  in  the  dairy  department  from  Iowa  had  been  made  by  individ- 
uals or  firms,  and  not  in  the  name  of  the  State  of  Iowa  or  of  the  Commission, 
and  all  awards  had  been  made  to  them.  I  received  reply,  saying  that  their 
official  record  would  be  changed  as  requested. 

AWARDS. 

John  Turnbull,  Atlantic,  making  Highest  Score  on  Five  Butter  Tests, 
Gold  Medal  and  Diploma. 

Lewis  Shack,  Atlantic,  over  97  Points,   Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

K.  T.   McColl,  Creston,  over  97  Points,  Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

H.    O.   Armstrong,  Collins,   above   97  Points.  Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

C.   J.   Julien,   Algona,   above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

C.  L.  Scheiver,  Ames,  above  97  Points,    Silver   Medal   and   Diploma. 

T.  P.  Nielson,  Brayton.  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

W.  W.  Day,  Tripoli,  above  95  Points,    Bronze   Medal  and  Diploma. 

P.  P.   Stewart,  Ames,   above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

M.  F.  Goodnow,  Gray,  above  95  Points,  Bi-onze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

H.  L.  Palmer,  Manchester,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

A.  Zimmerman,  Ames,  above  97  Points.  Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

H.  J.  Neitert,  Walker,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

T.  H.   Baldwin,  Elliott,   above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

William  Mago,   Ames,   above  95  Points.  Bronze   Medal  and  Diploma. 

T.  H.  Bossnot,  Dows,   above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

Tielman  &  Co.,  Missouri  Valley,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

H.   Frees,    0"Leary,   above   95   Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

William  Gehrls,  Germantown,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Di- 
ploma. 

J.    H.    Turnbull,    Atlantic,    above   95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

O.   B.    Ross,    Spencer,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

W.  W.  Micklewait,  Glenwood,  above  95  Points,   Bronze  Medal  and   Di- 
ploma. 

M.  M.  Tapager,  Thompson,  above  95  Points.  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

Harvey  Johnson,  Logan,  above  97  Points,  Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

F.   C.  Oltrogge,  Tripoli,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

F.  Wills,  Tripoli,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

C.   L.  Christensen,  Cuiiew,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

F.  J.  Kleekner,  Greeley,  above  95  Points,  Bronze  Medal  and  Diploma. 

NOTE — A  very  sad  event  occurred  during  the  Dairy  Convention  held 
at  the  Exposition  in  October.  State  Dairy  Commissioner  Gates  died  very 
suddenly  while  delivering  an  address  before  the  assembled  dairymen  of  the 
west. 

APIARY  DEPARTMENT. 

A  large  and  commodious  building  was  erected  on  the  northwest  part  of 
the  Exposition  Grounds  for  the  installation  of  exhibits  in  the  Apiary  De- 
partment. Here  was  ample  room  for  the  largest  exhibits  that  could  possibly 
have  been  made  by  the  States  interested  in  an  Exhibit  of  Comb  and  Ex- 
tracted Honey,  Bees  and  Apiary  Implements,  Appliances  and  Machinery. 

We  secured  space  and  glass  cases  and  installed  a  very  fine  exhibit  of 
both  comb  and  extracted  honey,  and  showed  not  only  the  crop  of  189S,  but 
also  several  hundred  pounds  of  very  fine  comb  honey,  perfectly  preserved, 
from  the  crop  of  1897.  This  was  secured  during  the  summer  of  1897,  when 
we  were  engaged  in  gathering  material  for  exhibit  in  the  Agricultural  and 
Horticultural  Departments.  The  exhibit  from  the  crop  of  1898  was  largely 
made  up  from  the  Apiary  of  L.  G.  Clute.  of  Delaware  County,  and  was 
furnished  at  his  own  expense  with  the  exception  of  transportation  and 
local  charges. 


82  IOWA  T-M  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Mr.  E.  Kretchmer  of  Red  Oak  also  made  a  very  large  exhibit  of  Apiary 
implements  and  appliances.  This  exhibit,  he  maintained  during  the  entire 
Exposition. 

I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  furnish  the  very  high  score  made  by  the  Iowa 
honey  on  exhibition  as  reported  by  Hon.  Eugene  Secor,  Judge. 

The  following  entries  were  made  by  L.  G.  Clute.  To  illustrate,  I  give 
one  score  in  full  (a  score  of  one  hundred  points  was  perfect).  Comb 
Honey;   variety,   White   Clover;    Score,  as  follows: 

Points. 

Flavor  50 

Cleanliness     10 

Capping   20 

Color  of  Honey  10 

General   Appearance 10 

lotal   score 100 

Total 
Score. 

Comb  Honey,  Alsike  Clover 100 

Comb  Honey,  Heartsease 90 

Comb  Honey,    Linden 90 

Comb  Honey,  Dandelion 100 

Extracted  Honey,  White  Clover 100 

Extracted    Honey,    Bass- Wood 100 

It  would  seem  impossible  for  any  exhibit  to  beat  that  record. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  Awards    in  Apiary  Department: 

A^VARDS. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  White  Clover  Comb  Honey,  Silver  Medal  and  Di- 
ploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  White  Clover  Extracted  Honey,  Silver  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

L.  G.   Clute.   Greeley,  Linden  Comb  Honey,   Silver  Medal   and  Diploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  Linden  Extracted  Honey,  Bronze  Medal  and  Di- 
ploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  Heart's  Ease  Comb  Honey,  Bronze  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  Alsike  Clover  Comb  Honey,  Bronze  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

L.  G.  Clute,  Greeley,  Dandelion  Comb  Honey,  Diploma  for  Honorable 
Mention. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Iowa.  Manufactui-er  of  up-to-date  bee  hives, 
honey  vessels,  and  implements  and  appliances  used  by  bee  keepers,  was 
awarded  the  following  prizes: 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Best  and  Most  Attractive  Collection  of  Mod- 
ern  Bee  Hives,   Gold   Medal  and  Diploma. 

E.  Kretchmei',  Red  Oak,  Apiarian  Supplies  and  Implements,  Gold  Medal 
and  Diploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Best  Wood  and  Galvanized  Steel  Tanks,  Gold 
Medal  and  Diploma. 

E.   Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Linden  Comb  Honey,  Silver  Medal  and  Diploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Alfalfa  Comb  Honey,  Silver  Medal  and  Di- 
ploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  White  Clover  Comb  Honey.  Silver  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Unrefined  Bees-wax,  silver  Medal  and  Di- 
ploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  White  Clover  Extracted  Honey,  Silver  Medal 
and  Diploma. 


REPORT  OF   AGRICULTURE,  DAIRY  AND  APIARY.  83 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Alfalfa  Extracted  Honey,  Bronze  Medal  and 
Diploma. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Bees  and  Queens  in  cages.  Diploma  for  Hon- 
orable   Mention. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Bee  Books  and  Bee  Literature,  Diploma  for 
Honorable   Mention. 

E.  Kretchmer,  Red  Oak,  Exhibit  of  Educational  Value,  Showing  Honey- 
in  all  stages  of   Crystalization,    Diploma  for  Honorable   Mention. 

Respectfully  Submitted, 

F.    N.    CHASE, 

Commissioner  in  Charge. 


OWEN  LOVEJOY, 
Member  of  Auditing  Committee. 


KOBF.KT  H.  .MOORE. 

Member  nt  Kxcoutive  Coniiiiittee. 


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Report  ol  the  Department  ol  ttorticulture. 

S.  H,   MALLORY. 

Coiuiaisjicner  in   Charge. 


To   the  Trans-Mississippi  and   International  Exposition  Commission:— 

Having  been  placed  in  charge  of  the  Horticultural  Department  of  the 
Iowa  Exihibit,  I  beg  to  present  the  following  report: 

At  the  second  session  of  the  Iowa  Commission  held  at  Council  Bluffs, 
June  29-30,  July  1st,  1897,  for  the  better  performance  of  its  duties,  and 
anticipating  an  additional  appropriation  sufficient  to  make  a  creditable  ex- 
hibit of  all  the  varied  industries  of  Iowa,  the  work  was  divided  into  de- 
partments and  a  member  of  the  Commission  was  assigned  to  take  charge 
of  each.  At  this  session  I  was,  by  vote  of  the  Commission,  placed  in 
charge  of  this  department. 

At  a  subsequent  session,  when  it  was  known  that  the  limited  amount  ap- 
propriated would  not  admit  of  expenditures  for  an  exhibit  in  all  depart- 
ments it  was  decided  to  make  exhibit  only  where  free  space  was  granted, 
namely:  in  the  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Exposition  Buildings,  and 
revised  schedule  of  estimates  was  prepared  by  a  sub-committee  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  setting  apart  the  sum  of  $1,500.00  for  an  exhibit  of 
Iowa  Horticulture,  it  being  understood  and  expected  that  this  amount 
would  be  supplemented  by  financial  aid  and  co-operation  from  the  State 
Horticultural    Society. 

Hon.  A.  F.  Collman,  of  Corning,  was  named  as  Superintendent,  believ- 
ing that  his  appointment  would  be  satisfactory  to  the  State  Horticultural 
Society  as  well  as  to  the  Iowa  Commission.  His  appointment  was  con- 
firmed by   the   Commission. 

SPACE. 

Twelve  hundred  (1,200)  square  feet  of  space  was  secured  in  the  center  of 
the  Horticultural  Building.  This  was  considered  one  of  the  best  loca- 
tions in  the  building. 

INSTALLATION. 

Plans  for  suitable  structures  for  this  space  and  for  an  artistic  installa- 
tion were  submitted  by  D.  E.  Mil  ward  and  were  approved  by  Superintend- 
ent Taylor,  in  charge  of  the  Horticultural  Building.  Contract  was  en- 
tered into  with  Mr.  Mil  ward  for  erecting  the  superstructures  and  decorat- 
ing the  space,  with  a  view  of  making  the  installation  as  artistic  as  pos- 
sible and  to  harmonize  with  the  floral  and  pomological  exhibits  to  be 
shown  thereon. 

EXHIBIT. 

Contract  was  also  made  with  J.  F.  Wilcox.  Florist,  of  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa  to  install  on  one  of  the  pagodas  a  floral  exhibit  and  maintain  the 
same  during  the  Exposition.  This  he  did  with  credit  to  himself  and  the 
State. 


88  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  AND  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Superintendent  Collman  secured  from  the  crop  of  1897  a  large  quantity 
and  quite  a  number  of  varieties  of  apples,  which  were  placed  in  cold  stor- 
age until  the  opening  of  the  Exposition,  when  they  were  placed  on  exhibi- 
tion, and  in  addition  thereto  a  large  assortment  of  small  fruits  in  their  sea- 
son were  received  almost  daily,  filling  over  one  thousand  plates,  and  keep- 
ing up  a  fairly  creditable  exhibit  during  the  summer  months.  Possibly, 
the  showing  was  not  what  it  might  have  been,  but  the  season  of  1898  was 
very  disastrous  to  fruit,  especially  the  apple  crop,  and  the  total  failure  of 
this  crop  in  some  sections  of  the  State  and  pai-tial  failure  in  other  parts 
necessarily   crippled   the   exhibit    to   some  extent. 

In  September,  Superintendent  ColPman  resigned  and  the  Commission  ap- 
pointed Mr.  J.  W.  Murphy  of  Glenwood  as  his  successor.  He  remained  in 
charge  until  the  close  of  the  Exposition.  Mr.  Murphy  being  from  Mills 
County,  which  is  doubtless  the  banner  apple  County  in  the  State,  his 
friends  took  special  interest  and  contributed  largely  to  the  exhibit  dur- 
ing September  and  October,  thus  enabling  the  Commission  to  make  a  very 
creditable  showing  of  the  fall  and  winter  varieties  of  apples.  Many  very 
fine  specimens  were  shown  from  nearly  every  section  of  the  States  during 
the  months  above  named. 

The  display  of  grapes  was  undoubtedly  the  best  ever  shown  by  Iowa. 

In  addition  to  the  exhibit  made  by  the  Iowa  Commission  in  this  depart- 
ment in  competition  with  other  states,  the  citizens  of  Council  Bluffs  and 
Pottawattamie  County  made  an  exhibit  of  grapes  and  small  fruits  in  the 
Wigwam  that  was  erected  by  the  Exposition  Association  of  Council  Bluffs 
which   attracted   the  attention   of    many   thousands   of  visitors. 

No  funds  were  received  from  the  State  Horticultural  Society  or  other 
organizations,  and  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  previously  set  apart 
by  the  Commission  was  not  sufficient  to  maintain  the  exhibit  during  the  en- 
tire term  of  the  Exposition,  the  total  expenses  for  this  department  being 
about  $2,300.00  as  shown  by  the  financial  statement  and  report  of  the 
Auditing  Committee.  The  deficit  was  supplied  from  the  funds  set  apart 
for   the    Agricultural    Department. 

AW^AKDS. 

That  the  Jury  of  Awards  found  much  in  the  Iowa  display  of  real  merit 
is  shown  by  the  following  list  of  Medals  and  Diplomas  awarded  to  the 
State  of  Iowa  and  to  Iowa  exhibitors: 

State  of  Iowa,  for  Artistic  Installation  and  Collective  Exhibit,  Diploma 
and  Gold  Medal. 

Mills  County  Horticultural  Society,  Display  Fruits,  Diploma  and  Gold 
Medal. 

D.  L.  and  A.  Heinsheimer,  Glenwood,  Peaches,  Diploma  and  Bronze 
Medal. 

Mrs.  Maggie  Buckingham,  Glenwood,  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze 
Medal. 

R.   P.    Speer,   Cedar   Falls.   10  Varieties    Apples,      Diploma     for    Honorable 
Mention. 

J.  P.  Jackson,  Glenwood,  Peaches,  Apples  and  Small  Fruits,  Fifteen 
Varieties,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

H.  A.  Terry,  Crescent  City.  Apples,  Plums,  and  Small  Fruits,  Twelve 
Varieties,   Diploma  and   Bronze  Medal. 

J.  R.  Rice,  Council  Bluffs.  Forty  Varieties  Plums  and  Cherries,  Diploma 
and  Silver  Medal. 

A.  F.  Collman,  Corning.  Forty-six  Varieties  Apples,  Diploma  and  Silver 
Medal. 

P.  H.  Hess.  Council  Bluffs,  Iwenty  Varieties  Grapes,  Currants  and 
Gooseberries.   Diploma   and   Bronze    Medal. 

J.  D.  Budd,  Ames,  Forty  Varieties  Russian  Cherries,  Diploma  and  Silver 
Medal. 


REPORT  OF  THE'  DEPARTMENT  OF  HORTICULTURE.  89 

Pottawattamie  County,  a  Fine  Collection  of  Grapes,  Twenty-three  Va- 
rieties, Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

Frank  Bruning,  Kent,  Peaches  and  Pears,  Diploma  for  Honorable 
Mention. 

M.  J.   Graham,  Adel,   Fifteen  Varieties  Pears  and  Peaches,  Diploma  and 

Bronze   Medal. 

W.  C.  Hoverland,  Ft.  Dodge,  Twenty-nine     Varieties     Russian     Apples, 

Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

Eugene  Secor,   Forest  City,   Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

M.  J.  Wragg,  Waukon,  Plums  and  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze 
Medal. 

B.    Stewart,    Ivy,   Apples,   Pears    and      Peaches,      Diploma     and     Bronze 

Medal. 

E.  V.   Wright,  Hamburg,  Apples,  Plums  and  Pears,  Diploma  and  Bronze 

Medal. 

Silas    Wilson,    Atlantic,    Grapes,    Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

F.  S.  White,  Des  Moines,  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

J.  F.  Wilcox,  Council  Bluffs,  Fine  Display  of  Plants  and  Flowers,  Two 
Hundred    Varieties,    Diploma    and    Gold   Medal. 

W.    F.    Laraway,    Glenwood,   Pears,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 
W.    M.    Van   Orsdel,    Hillsdale,    Grapes,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

E.  Starbuck,    Glenwood,    Variety   of  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 
A  Record,  Glenwood,    Pippin   Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

J.  E.  Record,  Glenwood,  Stark  Apples,   Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

J.  M.  Rambaugh,  Glenwood,  Duchess  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze 
Medal. 

Alvin   Peterson,    Glenwood,    Variety  Apples,   Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

W.   F.  Pflander,  Clarinda.   Variety  Peaches,  Dip'.oma  and   Bronze  Medal. 

J.   F.    Nichols.   Glenwood,  Watermelons,   Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

J.   W.  Murphy,  Glenwood,   Variety  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

T.  A.   Sloan,  Sioux  City,  Apples,  DiPloma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

J.    F.   Lewis,   Glenwood.    Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

M.    J.    Williams,    Glenwood,    Variety  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

Ted   Sivers,    Glenwood,   Variety    ApPles.   Diploma  and   Bronze   Medal. 

T.  F.  Smouse,  Glenwood,  Variety  APPles,   Diploma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

W.    J.  Howard,   Glenwood.  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze   Medal. 

L.  C.  Chew.  Glenwood,  Mother  Apples,   Diploma   and   Bronze   Medal. 

John  T.  Stone,  Glenwood,  seven  Varieties  Apples,  Diploma  and  Bronze 
Medal. 

T.    E.    Carson.  Clarinda,   Apples,  DiPloma  and  Bronze  Medal. 

Dr.  C.  H.  DeWitt,  Glenwood,  Variety  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable 
Mention. 

James  Calleen,  Glenwood,  Pears,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

Henry  Everham,  Glenwood,  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

J.  H.  Mayberry.  Glenwood.  Apples.  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

F.  M.  Powell,  Glenwood,  Apples,  DiPloma  for  Honorable  Mention. 

J.  M.  Warren,  Glenwood,  Variety  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Men- 
tion. 

M.  E.  Hinkley,  Marcus,  Variety  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Mention. 
Samuel  Holmes,    Hamburg.  Variety  Apples,  Diploma  for  Honorable  Men- 
tion. 

In  closing,  I  wish  to  thank  each  and  all  who  kindly  contributed  from 
theirdrchards  and  vineyards  samples  for   the  Iowa   Horticultural   Exhibit. 

Respectfully  Submitted. 

S.    H.    MALLORY, 
Commissioner  in  Charge. 


J.  h.  t.  MAKKLK^, 
Chairman  of  Committee  on  Ceremonies. 


Report  ol  (Oiimiittee  on  (eremonics 

By  J.  E.  E.   MARXL,£,Y,   Chairman. 


To   the  Iowa   Trans-Mississippi   and  International  Exposition  Commission: 

Your  Committee  have  the  honor  to  report   as  follows: 

The  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission  in 
session  at  Des  Moines,  April  5,  1S98,  adopted    the  following: 

"On  motion,  Commissioners  Packard  and  Markley  were  appointed  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  Secretary  in  pieparing  a  program  for  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  Iowa  Building." 

The  following  motion  was  also  adopted: 

"That  Commissioner  Packard  be  appointed  a  committee  of  one  to  cor- 
respond with  Hon.  R.  G.  Cousins  with  reference  to  delivering  the  oration  at 
the  Exposition  on  Iowa   State  Day." 

At  the  fifth  session  of  the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  En- 
position  Commission,  held  in  Council  Eluffs,  May  30,  the  following  motion 
was  adopted: 

"That  Commissioners  Markley  and  Packard  and  Secretary  Chase  be  ap- 
pointed a  Committee  to  select  a  band  for     Iowa    Dedication    Day,    and    that 

they   be  continued  as  a  Permanent   Committee      on      Ceremonies,    with    full 

power  to  act." 

The  more  important  duties  to  be  performed  by  your  Committee  were  to 
make  arrangements  for  appropriate  ceremonies  for  the  Dedication  of  the 
Iowa  State  Building,  and  to  plan  and  carry  out  a  program  for  the  cele- 
bration of  Iowa  State  Day. 

The  date  for  the  Dedicatory  Ceremonies  could  not  then  be  fixed,  as  it 
was   not  known  when  the  Building  would  be  completed. 

The  date  for  the  celebration  of  Iowa  State  Day  had  been  arranged  by  a 
Sub-Committeee  composed  of  Chairman  Packard  and  Secretary  Chase,  who, 
in  conference  with  President  Wattles,  of  the  Exposition  Board,  set  aside 
September  20  and  21  as  Iowa  State  Days.  When  the  time  came  to  make  the 
arrangements,  your  Committee  decided  to  have  but  one  day's  celebration, 
and  fixed  the  date  as  September  21,  and  so  reported  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. There  were  a  number  of  requests  to  have  the  date  changed,  and 
efforts  were  made  by  your  Committee  to  secure  some  other  date,  but  with- 
out success. 

Your  Committee  had  several  meetings  for  conference,  and  selected  June 
2.3  as  the  day  for  dedicating  and  formally  opening  the  Iowa  Building,  and 
September  21  for  Iowa  Day.  This  action  was  approved  by  the  Executive 
Committee.  Chairman  Markley  secured  music  for  Dedication  Day,  and  it 
was  arranged  to  meet  Governor  Shaw  and  the  State  officers,  the  President 
and  other  officers  of  the  Exposition  at  the  Murray  Hotel.  The  procession 
was  formed  at  1:00  p.  m.  and  proceeded  to  the  Iowa  State  Building,  where 
the   following    program    was    successfully  carried  out: 


92  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

PROGRAM. 


DEDICATION  CEREMONIES  AT  THE      lOAVA     STATE     BUILDING 
ON   THURSDAY,   JUNE   23,    1898,  AT    1:30  P.  M. 


1 — Overture,  Atlantic  City  Band. 

2 — Invocation,  Rev.  L.  P.  McDonald,  Rector  St.  Paul's  Church,  Council 
BlufCs. 

3 — Music,    Quartette. 

4 — Chorus,  Prof.  Pontius,  Dubuque  Oratorio  Society  of  100  Voices. 

5 — Presentation,  Hon.  S.  H.  Mallory,  President  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi 
and  International  Commission. 

6 — Dedication,  Governor  Leslie  M.  Shaw. 

7 — Acceptance,  Hon.  Gurdon  W.  Wattles,  President  Trans-Mississippi 
and  International  Exposition. 

8 — Music,  Medley,  Band. 

9 — Exposition  Ode,  Major  S.   H.  M.  Byers. 

10— Quartette  and  Chorus,  Song-  of  Iowa. 

11 — Address,    Hon.   John   N.    Baldwin. 

12 — Chorus,  Dubuque  Oratorio  Society. 

13 — Benediction.  ■ 

14 — Music,  National  Airs,  Atlantic  City  Band. 

President  Mallory  being  called  home  suddenly,  Vice-President  Dawson 
not  being  present,.  Ex-Governor  S.  B.  Packard  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  was  appointed  to  act  as  Master  of  Ceremonies,  and  to  take  th« 
place  of  President   Mallory  on   the  program. 

ADDRESS  OF  PRESIDENT  MALLORY. 

Read  by  Chairman  Packard. 

DEDICATION  lOAVA   BUILDING  JUNE   23,    1898. 

TOUR  EXCELLENCY:  ' 

Looking  through  the  vista  of  the  ages  past,  one  fails  to  see  any  such 
gathering  of  the  people  as  we  witness  here  at  this  grand  Exposition 
today.  Instead,  we  see  the  people  meeting  in  vast  concourse  to  rejoice  with 
and  crown  the  returning  victorious  general,  whose  armies  have  spread 
death  and  devastation  amongst  their  enemies;  the  trophies  exhibited  to  the 
admiring  crowd  are  not  such  exhibits  as  we  have  before  us  today,  but  men 
of  note,  princes  and  generals,  led  as  captives  in  the  triumphal  procession 
and  forced  to  do  homage  to  the  victorious  leader.  The  righteousness  of  the 
cause  that  had  triumphed  they  did  not  proclaim;  only  the  number  and  rank 
of  the  captives,  the  value  of  the  plunder,  the  number  of  the  enemy  slain, 
and  the  devastation  wrought;  and  these  were  amply  sufficient  to  cause  their 
rejoicing. 

As  the  years  roll  on,  we  see  that  the  arts  of  peace  become  of  more  im- 
portance to  the  people,  if  not  to  their  rulers,  than  the  arts  of  war,  and  men 
strive  to  subjugate  the  forces  of  nature,  rather  than  subjugate  their  fel- 
low men,  and  so  civilization  advances.  . 

That  man  has  not  degenerated  in  his  physical  powers  by  the  growth  and 
enlargement  of  his  moral  faculties  and  perception,  or  become  enervated  by 
the  luxuries  obtained  and  enjoyed  through  victories  of  the  brain,  or  lost 
his  manhood  and  courage  in  his  greed  and  struggle  for  the  possession  of 
wealth,  that  he  might  obtain  these  enjoyments,  is  made  patent  to  all  the 
world  today  by  the  glorious  uprising  of  the  people  of  this  our  land  to  re- 
lieve the  distressed  and  succor  the  oppressed  of  downtrodden  Cuba,  strug- 
gling for  freedom;  not  merely  with  words  of  encouragement,  but  with  he- 
roic deeds  that  speak  far  louder  than  words — and    Dewey,    Sampson,    Powell, 


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93 


and  Hobson  with  his  immortal  crew  of  seven,  are  types  of  manhood  under 
the  civilization  and  liberty  enjoyed  by  us  who  live  under  the  folds  of  these 
glorious  Stars  and  Stripes. 

The  alchemist  of  old  searching  after  the  philosopher's  stone  secreted 
himself  in  the  dark  recesses  of  some  gloomy  cavern,  far  away  from  the 
eyes  of  man,  that  his  researches  might  not  be  made  known.  The  first  na- 
tional industrial  exhibition  of  which  we  have  any  record,  held  in  England 
by  and  under  the  auspices  of  the  Society  of  Arts  in  the  year  1761,  offered 
valuable  prizes  as  an  inducement  for  the  display  of  miscellaneous  and  agri- 
cultural machinery.  So  jealous  then  were  the  inventors  and  patentees  of 
their  invention  and  improvements  that  none  would  make  an  exhibit  unless 
special  guards  were  employed  and  placed  around  their  exhibits,  whose  duty 
it  should  be  to  keep  all  foreigners  at  a  distance  and  prevent  any  one  from 
making  drawings  of  their  machinery,  for  in  those  days  the  leading  nations 
of  Europe— England,  Germany,  Holland  and  France— had  their  secret  agents, 
scientists,  scholars   and  artizans,    employes  of  their  respective  governments 


IOWA  SlAl  K  BL'ILDIN'G. 


who  traveled  in  disguise  through  foreign  countries  endeavoring  to  pry  out 
the  secrets  held  by  the  industrial  classes  of  other  nations  and  communicate 
them  to  their  home  government.  Hard,  indeed,  oftimes  was  the  task  of 
these  secret  agents,  with  such  jealous  care  were  these  secrets  hidden.  France 
for  centuries  defied  their  efforts  to  discover  certain  industrial  secrets  she 
held,  and  they  were  only  finally  made  known  to  other  nations  through  the 
emigration  of  the  Hugenots,   who  carried  the  secrets  with  them. 

Unlike  these,  we  today  in  the  broad  glare  of  the  noonday  sun  display 
before  the  world  at  large  the  results  of  our  improvements  and  the  advance- 
ments made  in  Arts,  Science,  Mechanics,  Manufacture  and  Agriculture,  all 
that  conduces  to  our  welfare,  comfort  and  prosperity  that  all  men  may  be 
benefitted  through  the  results  obtained  by  us. 

Had  we  been  permitted  to  view  the  display  at  the  first  national  exposi- 
tion in  London  in  1761  and  compare  it  with  the  display  here  in  Omaha  today, 
we  no  doubt  would  have  pronounced  it  exceedingly  limited,  meager  and 
crude,    and    seeing   the   guards    at   their  posts  watching  for   foreigners    and 


94  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EX  POSITION  COMMISSION. 

strangei's  would  have  deemed  it  very  exclusive,  and  yet  it  was  the  com-  • 
mencement  of  a  movement  to  foster  taste  for  invention  and  mechanics, which 
improvement  soon  spread  throughout  continental  Europe.  In  the  year  1798, 
soon  after  the  revolution  by  which  Napoleon  was  made  Emperor,  a  national 
exposition  was  held  in  Paris.  The  grand  results  arising  from  this  first 
French  Exposition  were  so  marked  in  the  advancement  of  mechanics  and  art 
that  through  the  urgency  of  Napoleon,  who  was  quick  to  see  their  import- 
ance and  value,  frequent  displays  of  like  character  followed  in  all 
parts  of  the  Empire,  and  Tallyrand  declared  that  in  their  en- 
couragement lay  the  hidden  and  future  glory  of  the  French  people.  The 
advanced  position  France  took  as  a  nation  in  Art,  Manufact- 
ures and  Commerce  in  the  years  following  these  expositions  proved  the 
truth  of  his  prophecy.  These  freciuent  expositions  served  as  schools  in  which 
the  people  received  their  education  and  acquii-ed  that  taste  for  the  arts 
which  has  since  made  France  so  famous. 

The  evolution  of  national  expositions  in  the  United  States  was  first  the 
town  hall,  the  county  fair,  two  or  more  counties  uniting,  the  state  fair, 
and  the  group  of  states  uniting.  With  such  favor  have  they  been  received 
that  each  year  we  have  one  or  more  national  expositions.  Iowa,  the  beau- 
tiful land,  the  garden  of  agriculture,  with  its  fifty-five  thousand  square 
miles  of  rich,  fertile,  tillable  land,  traversed  with  clear  running  streams,  a 
veritable  paradise,  was,  less  than  one  hundred  years  ago,  untrodden  by  the 
foot  of  the  white  man,  its  ownership  resting  in  Spain,  its  beauties  unknown 
its  boundaries  not  established  until  1S20.  Born  into  the  family  of  states  less 
than  fifty-two  years  ago,  or  about  thirteen  years  after  the  first  cabin  was 
built  by  a  white  man  in  its  borders,  Iowa  now  has  its  whole  area  dotted 
with  Colleges.  Academies,  Schools  and  Churches;  a  population  of  over  two 
million,  and  is  bound  together  by  8,500  miles  of  steel,  its  railroads  touch- 
ing the  capital  of  every  county  in  its  domain  but  one,  and  serving,  with  the 
wide  rivers  on  its  eastern  and  western  borders,  to  carry  its  vast  productions 
to  the  markets  of  the  world. 

IOWA,  with  a  soil  producing  all  standard  grains,  grasses,  vegetables, 
and  fruits  in  abundance,  is  an  agricultural  state,  standing  first  in  the  union 
of  states  with  its  crop  of  corn,  and  fourth  in  the  production  of  all  agricul- 
tural products,  yet  with  her  inexhaustible  deposits  of  coal,  her  metallic  ores 
of  lead,  zinc  and  iron,  she  offei's  large  opportunities  and  possibilities  for 
prominence  as  a  manufacturing  State— thus  Iowa  comes  in  company  with 
her  sister  states,  not  with  a  spirit  of  envy,  but  of  friendly  emulation,  with 
her  quota  of  exhibits.  Her  people,  by  and  through  Legislative  enactment, 
appropriated  the  sum  of  $35,000.00  to  aid  in  furnishing  an  exhibit  of  her  va- 
ried industries  and  resources,  worthy  of  the  State  at  this  Trans-Mississippi 
Exposition,  and  this  Building  erected  under  the  supervision  of  the  Commis- 
sion appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  State  in  furtherance  of  the  object 
sought  by  the  people  of  the  State,  I,  as  Chairman  of  the  Commission,  now 
tender  to  you  Governor  Shaw,  that  you  may  dedicate  it  to  the  use  and  pur- 
pose for  which  it  was  designed. 

The  contract  for  the  construction  of  this  beautiful  home  of  the  people 
of  Iowa  and  their  neighbors  and  friends  of  sister  States,  was  awarded  to 
Mr.  P.  H.  Wind,  of  Council  Bluffs,  for  the  sum  of  $7,795.00,  sixty-three  days 
ago.  A  few  years  since,  six  months  would  have  been  considered  a  short 
time  to  erect  such  a  structure.  Mr.  Wind  is  entitled  to  great  credit  for  the 
energy  displayed  in  rushing  the  work  to  completion  in  spite  of  the  elements. 

The  plans  for  the  building  were  prepared  by  the  Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co., 
of  Cedar  Rapids. 

The  Commission  desire  to  express  their  many  obligations  to  President 
Wattles  for  the  many  courtesies  shown  them  and  assistance  rendered  in 
prosecution  of  their  work.  President  Wattles  and  his  able  corps  of  assist- 
ants are  entitled  to  great  praise  for  the  conception,  planning  and  con- 
;struction  of  this  beautiful  city,  and  wc  predict  it  will  be  the  most  success- 
ful Exposition  yet  held. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE   ON    CEREMONIES.  95 

CHAIRMAN  PACKARD   THEN   SPOKE  AS   FOLLOVi/"S:— 

As  Chairman  of,  and  in  Ijehalf  of  the  Committee  that  has  had  charge 
-of  the  erection  of  the  Building,  the  preparation  and  installation  of  the  Ex- 
hibits which  may  be  seen  in  the  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Buildings, 
it  becomes  the  duty,  and  it  is  a  pleasure,  to  record  the  distinguished  and 
loyal  service  which  has  been  rendered  to  the  people  of  the  State  by  those 
to  whom  this  special  work  has  been  entrusted.  The  di-awings  of  our  Ex- 
hibits in  the  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Buildings  w-ere  made  by  D.  E. 
Milward,  formerly  residing  at  Sioux  City.  Detailed  plans  and  specifications 
of  the  structure  in  the  Agricultural  Building  were  prepared  by  our  archi- 
tects, and  the  structure  was  put  in  plar-e  by  our  builder,  Mr.  P.  H.  Wind, 
of  Council  Bluffs.  Upon  this  structure  Mr.  Milward  has  w'orked  out,  in 
natural  product  decorations,  an  Exhibit  of  our  farm  products,  which  we  now 
offer  in  competition  with  the  other  States. 

While  admiring  the  picture  which  Mr.  Milward  has  so  well  executed  in 
that  display,  the  visitor  must  not  overlook  the  excellence  of  the  grains, 
grasses  and  other  products  which  have  thus  been  put  on  exhibition,  but 
should  minutely  examine  the  specimens  that  have  been  selected  by  some  of 
our  best  farmers,  and  it  will  not  be  invidious  to  name  in  this  connection 
Mr.  L.  G.  Clute,  of  Delaware  County,  to  whom  the  Committee  feels  indebted 
for  his  services,  both  in  the  selection  and  the  arrangement  of  the  mater- 
ials, and  the  assistance  which  he  has  given  Mr.  Milward  in  placing  the 
specimens  on  exhibition.  Mr.  Milward  was  also  given  the  contract  to  deco- 
rate the  walls  and  ceilings  of  our  State  Building,  and  provide  a  structure 
for  and  to  decorate  our  space  in  the  Horticultural  Building.  The  display  of 
Orchard  and  Garden  Fruits  has  been  put  in  place  under  the  immediate  su- 
perintendence of  Mr.  A.  F.  Collman,   wth  an  able  corps  of  assistants. 

It  has  taken  but  a  little  over  two  months  to  install  the  Agricultural 
and  Horticultural  Exhibits. 

All  the  members  of  the  Iowa  Commission,  in  this  public  way,  wish  to 
express  to  our  Superintendent  and  Secretary,  F.  N.  Chase,  their  entire  con- 
fidence in  his  judgment,  their  admiration  for  the  judicious  care  with  which 
lie  has  superintended  the  work  entrusted  to  the  Commission  by  the  Legisla- 
ture of  our  State.  The  oversight  of  the  execution  of  the  builders  contract 
for  this  Building  and  the  structure  in  the  Agricultural  Building,  also  the  in- 
stallation of  the  two  exhibits  before  mentioned,  and  all  the  minute  details 
involved  in  the  economical  expenditure  of  this  money  has  taxed  the  strength  . 
but  never  the  genial  nature  of  our  dear  friend,  whom  it  gives  us  pleasure 
to  cordially  thank  for  his  great  success  in  bringing  to  completion,  in  so 
Tarief  a  time,   this  important  public  enterprise. 

To  Mr.  Wilcox,  the  florist  of  Council  Bluffs,  who  produced  the  cornucopra, 
this  floral  horn  of  plenty,  which  is  at  our  door,  and  a  display  of  the  flor- 
ists art  that  may  be  seen  on  the  Iowa  space  in  the  Horticultural  Building, 
we  commend,  though  not  as  effectually  in  words  as  his  own  work  would 
serve  to  do. 

To  the  staff  of  Secretary  Chase,  we  express  our  pleasurable  anticipation 
of  their  loyal  service  in  making  the  Iowa  Building  a  home  indeed  to  our 
people  as  well  as  those  visitors  whom  we  expect  to  see  resting  in  and  about 
the  portals  of  our  Building. 

To  the  Governor  and  his  associates  of  the  Executive  Council,  who  are 
"by  law  required  to,  and  have  advised  and  approved  the  plans  of  the  Com- 
mission and  the  expenditure  i-esulting,  in  thus  bringing  to  the  Exposition 
this  testimonial  of  the  love  our  State  bears  to  her  sister  State  of  Nebraska, 
where  so  many  of  our  former  citizens  have  found  a  home,  the  Commission  de- 
sires to  tender  their  thanks  for  the  confidence  which  you  have  given  us. 
Every  voucher  of  expenditure  which  we  send  for  your  approval  is  laden  with 
■our  reciprocal  confidence  and  esteem. 

To  President  Wattles  and  the  others  associated  with  him  in  the  manage- 
-ment  of  the  Exposition,  the  Commission  tender  their  thanks.  We  shall  aid 
in  promoting  the  music  "now  so  dear  to  your  hearts— the  click  of  the  turn- 
stile.    Iowa   will   pour   her  thousands  through  your  gates  and  they  will  en- 


96  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

joj-  a  study  of  the  great  problem  you  have  prepared   for  them,    this   Exhibi- 
tion of  the  boundless  resources  of  the  West. 

It  only  remains  for  me  to  now  tender  to  you,  Governor  Shaw,  in  the 
name  of  the   Commission,   this   Building  for  dedication. 

DEDICATED  BY  HON.  LESLIE  M.   SHAAV,   GOVERNOR. 

Governor  Shaw  accepted  the  Building  in  the  name  of  the  State  and 
turned  it   over  to  the  Exposition  in  the  following  brief  address: 

"The  State  of  Iowa,  through  its  representative,  accepts  at  the  hands  of 
the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  Commission  this 
Building  designed  by  its  direction  and  erected  under  its  supervision.  It  may 
not  be  inappropriate  to  tarry  in  this  presence  to  make  public  acknowledg- 
ment of  the  faithful  and  expeditious  services  thus  far  rendered  by  the  mem- 
bers of  this  Commission;  services  sure  to  be  appreciated  by  those  at  whose 
behest  they  were  performed.  And  now  as  the  representative  of  the  people 
of  the  State  of  Iowa,  I  hereby  dedicate  this  edifice  to  the  purposes  for 
which  it  was  designed,  and  commit  the  same  to  the  care,  custody  and  use 
of  the*  President  and  Management  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  Interna- 
tional Exposition  in  the  hope  that  it  may  add  somewhat  to  the  interest 
and  comfort  of  those  who  may  visit  these  spacious  grounds  and  enjoy  the 
trophies  of  State  and  national  prosperity  and  greatness." 

ACCEPTANCE  BY  HON.  CURDON  W.  WATTLES,  PRESIDENT  TRANS 
MISSISSIPPI  AND  INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION. 

President  Wattles  responded  on  behalf  of  the  Exposition  Management. 
He  spoke  as  follows: 

"During  the  last  ten  days  it  has  been  my  official  duty  and  pleasui'e  to 
speak  of  the  resources,  progress  and  splendid  achievements  of  a  number  of 
Western  States  at  the  dedicatory  exercises  of  the  buildings  they  have 
erected  on  these  grounds.  I  may  be  pardoned  for  the  sentiments  of  pride 
and  gratification  I  feel  today  and  for  the  expression  of  these  sentiments 
in  the  few  words  I  shall  say  regarding  the  State  in  which  twenty-five  years 
of  my  life  wei'e  spent,  and  in  the  acknowledgment  I  desire  to  make  of  the 
assistance  of  this  State  to  the  great  enterprise  I  have  the  honor  to  repre- 
sent. During  the  early  history  of  this  Exposition,  when  doubt  still  lingered 
in  the  minds  of  many  as  to  its  advantages  and  possibilities,  and  while  the 
dark  clouds  of  financial  embarrassment  and  the  devastating  effects  of  drouth 
still  hung  over  the  West,  casting  their  gloom  over  all  new  enterprises,  and 
for  the  time  obscuring  the  sunlight  of  hope  and  prosperity,  at  this  time  when 
many  of  our  own  citizens  discouraged  and  disheartened,  were  ready  to 
abandon  this  enterprise,  when  our  nation  was  borrowing  gold  from  Europe 
to  protect  its  credit  and  when  the  evil  influences  of  inflation  and  specula- 
tion had  destroyed  for  the  time  the  financial  reputation  of  the  West,  then 
it  was  that  the  Legislature  of  the  great  State  of  Iowa,  the  first  of  all  the 
Trans-Mississippi  States  to  act,  by  joint  resolution  asked  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States  to  recognize  this  Exposition  and  make  an  appropriation 
for  a  Government  Building  and  an  exhibit  here.  To  this  act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  Iowa,  supplemented  by  the  efficient  work  of  your  Repre- 
sentatives and  Senators  in  Congress,  must  be  given  the  credit  of  having  ex- 
tended this  Exposition  a  helping  hand  in  its  greatest  need. 

"The  Commission  appointed  to  represent  the  State  of  Iowa  here  has  done 
its  work  with  credit  to  itself  and  the  State.  This  magnificent  Building  with 
its  broad  verandas,  artistic  design  and  complete  appointments,  speaks 
louder  than  words  in  praise  of  their  work.  It  will  furnish  a  home  for  the 
weary,  a  meeting  place  for  friends,  and  will  return  to  the  State  a  thous- 
and fold  its  cost  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  State  and  advertising  the 
enterprise  and  hospitality  of  its  people  throughout  the  land.  I  commend 
its  design,  the  completeness  of  its  appointments,  the  wisdom  of  its  concep- 
tion, and  for  the  Management  of  this  Exposition  I  accept  and  dedicate 
It  to  the  purposes  for  which  it  has  bee     n  erected." 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CEREMONIES..  97 

"We  naturally  expect  from  such  a  State  eloquence  like  that  of  Cousins 
and  Dolliver,  statesmanship  like  that  of  Allison  and  Gear,  philanthropy  like 
that  of  Drake,  leadership  like  that  of  the  Clarksons,  and  executive  ability 
like  that  of  Kirkwood,  Boies  and  Shaw;  and  while  in  the  history  of  the 
State  of  Iowa  there  are  no  Lincolns,  Grants  or  Shermans,  its  history  is  re- 
plete with  the  names  of  many  whose  wisdom  and  statesmanship  in  times  of 
peace,  and  courage  and  leadership  in  times  of  war,  have  re-ndered  to  the  na- 
tion services  invaluable.  During  the  late  Rebellion  her  soldiers  were  distin- 
guished for  their  bravery  and  endurance.  These  men  were  gathered  from  the 
farms  of  this  then  pioneer  State,  and  they  were  endowed  with  the  splendid 
physique  and  the  intelligence  and  morality  which  pioneer  life  in  the  broad 
prairies  of  the  West  inspires.  Their  bravery  in  battle,  their  endurance  and 
the  ability  of  their  leaders  was  second  to  that  of  no  other  Northern  State. 
And  so  we  are  not  surprised  when  we  read  that  among  the  gallant  crew 
that  w-ent  down  with  the  battleship,  the  Maine,  the  names  of  several  men 
from  Iowa  are  found;  nor  are  we  surprised  that  when  from  4,000  brave  sol- 
diers a  crew  was  selected  to  man  a  ship  which  was  to  sail  into  the  harbor 
of  Santiago,  to  face  the  fire  of  Spanish  guns  and  meet  almost  certain 
death,    one    of    Iowa's    sons    was    chosen. 

"It  might  be  said  that  a  State  with  such  magnificent  resources,  with 
such  a  history  and  with  such  a  people,  there  would  be  no  need  to  adver- 
tise to  the  world  at  an  Exposition  of  this  character;  but  when  we  consider 
that  with  the  same  density  of  population  as  the  State  of  Massachusetts, 
Iowa  can  provide  homes  for  15,000,000  inhabitants  and  when  we  consider  that 
but  a  small  percentage  of  the  manufactures  consumed  in  the  State  are 
manufactured  there,  that  with  the  increase  of  wealth  and  population,  a 
higher  civilization  than  has  ever  been  known  in  the  world  will  come  from 
the  environments  of  citizenship  under  the  advantages  which  already  exist 
within  this  State,  we  can  realize  the  importance  and  necessity  of  promoting 
and  developing  these  resources  to  the  fullest  extent." 

After  a  selection  by  the  chorus,  Major  S.  H.  M.  Byers  read  an  Exposi- 
tion Ode,  composed  by  himself,  for  the  occasion. 

EXPOSITION  ODE, 

Welcome,  welcome — welcome,  welcome! 

Loud  the  pealing  cannon  said. 
All  the  bells  rang  happy  joyance. 

Waved  the  banners  overhead. 
Welcome  to  the  land  of  prairie^ 

Land  of  many  lands  the  best. 
Half-way  house  'twixt  lake  and  ocean. 

Gateway  of  the  golden  west. 

Look  I  The  arts  of  forge  and  forest, 

Web  of  loom,  and  work  of  mill. 
Battles  here  of  arts  and  science. 

Tournaments  of  toil  and  skill. 
Look  around  you,  tower  and  palace, 

"Works  of  hand,  and  fruits  of  earth; 
But  beyond  them,  still  more  glorious, 

See  the  land  that  gave  them  birth. 

See  the  land  the  poets  tell  of. 

Land  of  glories  yet  to  be, 
Not  the  tombstone  of  dead  ages, 

Coffined  many  a  century; 
But  the  world's  new  youth  and  spring- 
time. 

Boundless  prairies  far  and  near. 
Making  room — room  for  the  new  age, 

For  the  age  already  here. 


98  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Welcome,    welcome,   welcome,   welcome, 

Still  the  banners  seem  to  say. 
Still   the  cannon  seemed  to  thunder, 

To  the  mountains  far  away, 
Welcome  to  the  land  of  Shasta, 

In  his  robes  of  stars  and  snow, 
Come— behold  the  mighty  canyons, 

With  their  rivers  far  below. 

See   their  walls  like  gates  of  jasper, 

Walls  of  lava,  gold  and  red. 
Gorges,  crags,  of  God's  own  making. 

Where  man's  feet  may  never  tread. 
See  El  Capitan  the  glorious^ 

Hear  the  red  hot  geysers  roar, 
Born  of  some  forgot  volcano, 

Dead  these  thousand  years  and  more. 

Walk  the  groves  of  Calaveras, 

Touch  the  trees  of  mighty  girth. 
Born  coeval  with  the  mountains. 

Primal  monarchs  of  the  earth. 
See  the  golden  sanded  desert. 

Plains  that  once  Vere  stormy  seas. 
Where  are  now  the  captains — sailors. 

Where  the  ships  that  rode  on  these? 

Mines  of  gold  and  mines   of  silver, 

Chains  of  mountains  standing  forth, 
Erom  the  warm  gulf  of  the  Southland 

To  the  icebergs  of  the  North. 
From  the  Mississippi's  borders 

To  the  far-off  Golden  Horn, 
Countless  fields  of  wealth  and  plenty, 

Homes  for  millions  yet  unborn. 

This  the  land,  and  this  the  people. 

Welcome  still,  the  banners  say, 
Lo,  the  sun  that  rises  westward? 

Westward  still  must  take  its  way. 
Yonder  Asia,  dead  for  ages, 

Yonder  Europe,  dying  slow, 
Feels  no  more  the  heart-pulse  beating. 

Sees  no  more  the  red  blood  flow. 

It  is  we  the  newer,  younger, 

Who  must  solve  the  coming  strife; 
On  these  prairies  we  must  solve  it. 

In  these  mountains  find  new  life. 
By  the  Mississippi  river. 

By  the  Rio  Grande's  shore. 
We  must  bury  all  the  dead  things 

Of  the  thousand  years  before. 

Great  the  Past;    the  Now  is  greater. 

Forward,  forward,  moves  the  world. 
Problems,  science,  science,  problems. 

Newer  flags  must  be  unfurled; 
Not  of  nations — parties — only, 

For  mankind  the  coming  call- 
Look,   through  time's     quick     widening- 
vistas. 

One  great  flag  above  us  all. 


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Then  shall  speak  the  mighty  Shasta, 

In  his  robes  of  stars  and  sno\v, 
Then  shall  echo   back  the  canyons 

From  a  thousand  feet  below. 
Up  and  down  a  thousand  valleys 

Shall  the  words  triumphant  fly, 
And  the  prairies  shall   give  answer 

To  the  glad  news  passing  by. 

Then  El  Capitan,  the  glorious. 

Shall  put  on  his  crow^n  of  gold, 
Then  shall  peace  walk  on  the  mountains 

As  the  prophets  once  foretold, 
Welcome,    welcome,   welcome,   welcome, 

Speed  the  day  of  man's  new  birth — 
Hail  the  day  of  God's  republic, 

For  the  people  of  the  earth. 

ADDRESS   BY  HON.   JOHN  N.   BALDWIN. 

Hon.  John  N.  Baldwin,  of  Council  Bluffs,  the  orator  of  the  day,  was  in- 
troduced and  delivered  an  eloquent  ad  Iress.     Among  other  things,  he   said: 

"As  I  wandered  through  the  Exposition  buildings  and  strolled  over  these 
Grotmds  I  heard  orators  proclaiming  from  the  exedra,  the  Plaza  and  ros- 
trums in  State  buildings  the  glories  and  triumphs  of  their  respective  States. 
One  evening  after  a  storm  I  stood  on  the  bridge  of  the  lagoon  but  a  few  feet 
distant  from  the  spot  where  only  a  year  ago  we  laid  the  cornerstone  of  thi& 
great  enterprise,  and  beholding  this  mighty  monument  to  the  skill,  courage 
and  enterprise  of  the  men  of  Nebraska  ,1  thought  what  has  Iowa,  or  what 
has  Iowa  done  to  compare  with  this? 

"I  came  Nebraska  Day  and  heard  that  distinguished  citizen  of  the  repub- 
lic, whose  heart  in  love  and  tongue  tipped  with  silver  eloquently  presented 
the  record  of  the  resources  and  progress  of  Nebraska;  I  came  Illinois  Day 
and  heard  the  representatives  of  that  great  commonwealth  give  their  report 
of  the  work  and  worth  of  Illinois,  concluding  with  the  claim  to  the  undis- 
puted title  to  the  possession  of  the  third  greatest  commercial  center  of  the 
world;  I  imagined  that  on  New  York  Day  Bourke  Cochran  would  so  portray 
the  history  and  glories  of  the  great  State  of  New  York  that  we  should  all 
seem  to  hear  the  Siblys  chanting  the  springtime  of  the  greatest  empire  on 
earth.  Again  I  thought,  what  has  Iowa,  or  what  has  Iowa  done,  to  compare 
with  all  these? 

"Reflecting  on  all  that  I  had  seen  a.id  heard  and  imagined,  I  venerated 
my  office  and  would  have  despaired  of  my  performance  had  not  the  power 
of  my  subject  made  me  bold  in  such  a  presence  to  plead  my  thotights.  It 
would  be  the  drivel  of  idiocy,  unbecoming  a  gentleman  and  unworthy  of 
the  States,  should  I  on  this  occasion  make  any  statement  not  based  upon 
careful  investigation  and  not  founded  upon  incontrovertible  facts.  I  now  and 
here  assert,  my  heart  beating  with  pride  at  the  utterance,  that,  measured 
by  the  standard  of  religion,  education,  prosperity,  patriotism,  liberty,  or 
any  great  principle  or  idea  that  makes  men  better,  nobler  and  happier,  Iowa, 
in  the  union  of  States,  is  the  peer  of  all,  superior  to  many  and  excelled 
by  none. 

"We  dedicated  today  this  beautiful  Building  to  the  uses  and  purposes 
of  the  Trans-Mississippi  and  Internatio.ial  Exposition  It  is  merely  a  type  of 
the  habitations  of  our  people  at  the  present  time.  A  few-  feet  from  here  "and 
within  your  vision  stands  a  wigwam,  which  has  just  been  opened.  It,  too, 
is  a  type— a  type  of  the  habitations  of  our  people  flf ty-two  years  ago.  You 
cannot  but  recognize  the  significance  of  the  change.  The  advancement,  im- 
provement and  progress  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  Iowa  in  education,  re- 
ligion and  material  interests  has  been  as  striking  as  that  in  their  habita- 
tions. 

"This  great   State  with  its  wondercus  destinies  is  now  in  the  hands  of 


100  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

the  younger  and  present  generation.  It  belongs  to  us  to  protect,  preserve 
and  improve.  We  must  take  up  the  work  where  the  pioneers  were  compelled 
to  let  it  go.  They  placed  high  the  standard.  Let  us  never  lower  it.  Let  us 
look  up  and  listen;  look  forward  and  move.  Let  our  every  action  be 
prompted  and  performed  in  accordance  with  that  design  created  by  one  of 
the  greatest  philosophers  and  poets, 

Build  thou  more  stately  mansions,  Oh  my  soul, 

As   the   swift   seasons    roll. 

Let  each  new   temple,   nobler  than  the  last, 

Shut  thy  view  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more  vast, 

Until  at  last  thou  art  free. 

Leaving  thy  outgrown  shell  by  life's  unresting  sea. 

"I  propose  this  sentiment:  The  State  of  Iowa,  with  a  people  possess- 
ing affections  deeper  even  than  her  soil;  actuated  by  purposes  broader  even 
than  her  prairies,  and  inspired  by  aims  loftier  even  than  her  hills,  she 
stands  today  first  in  the  union  of  States  in  general  contentment,  in  more 
evenly  distributed  wealth,   and  in  universal  prosperity." 

"The  Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic"  was  sung  by  the  chorus,  and  Gover- 
nor Holcomb  was  introduced  by  Chairman  Packard.  His  remarks  were  gen- 
eral in  their  nature  and  application,  and  the  conclusion  was  warmly  ap- 
plauded. After  the  conclusion  of  the  exercises  the  speakers,  the  members  of 
the  Iowa  Commission  and  the  guests  of  the  occasion  were  entertained  at 
luncheon  at  the  viaduct  cafe,  after  which  the  visitors  inspected  the  exhib- 
its of  Iowa   products  in  the  Agriculture  and  Horticulture  Buildings. 

At  5:30  p.  m.  a  reception  in  honor  of  Governor  and  Mrs.  Shaw  was  held 
in  the  Iowa  Building,  during  which  hundreds  of  people  shook  the  hand  of 
Iowa's  Chief  Executive  and  his  wife,  bringing  to  a  close  a  day  which  was 
universally  voted  to  be  a  great  success  in  every  respect. 

The  weather  was  delightful  and  Iowa  gave  the  Exposition  a  larger  at- 
tendance than  had  been  on  the  grounds  since  the  opening  day  of  the  Expo- 
sition. 


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DEDICATION   OF  THE   AVIG^VAM. 

Pottawattamie  County  Adds  Its  Big  Tepee  to  the  Exposition. 

The  dedication  of  the  Wigwam  erected  by  the  Council  Bluffs  and  Pot- 
tawattamie County  Exposition  Association  near  the  Iowa  Building  took 
place  at  1  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon  in  order  to  allow  the  visitors  to  attend 
this  ceremony  as  weCl  as  the  dedication  of  the  State  Buildings.  The  tall 
yellow  Wigwam  was  crowded  with  people  from  Council  Bluffs,  Pottawattamie 
County  and  other  Iowa  points  when  President  A.  C.  Graham  called  the  as- 
semblage to  order  and  introduced  Rev.  G.  W.  Snyder  of  the  English  Lu- 
theran Church  of  Council  Bluffs,  who  delivered  the  invocation.  President 
Graham  then  expressed  the  thanks  of  the  Pottawattamie  County  Commit- 
tee for  the  assistance  which  had  been  rendered  the  committee  by  the  people 
of  Pottawattamie  County  and  Council  Bluffs  in  the  way  of  money  and  in 
other  substantial  ways.  Mayor  Victor  Jennings  of  Council  Bluffs  was  the 
first  speaker.      He  said: 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  We  have  met  here  today  to  dedicate  to  the  uses 
of  this  great  and  grand  Exposition  this  contribution  from  Pottawattamie 
County  and  the  City  of  Council  Bluffs.  As  the  head  of  the  municipal  or- 
ganization of  that  city  it  becomes  my  duty,  as  it  is  my  pleasure,  to  speak  for 
her  on  this  occasion. 

To  those  familiar  with  the  beauties  of  Coimcil  Bluffs,  who  know  of  its 
enterprise  and  thrift,  who  are  proud  to  claim  a  place  in  its  citizenship,  it  is 
unnecessary  for  me  to  enter  into  detais.  To  those,  howevei',  who  simplj' 
know  that  there  is  a  city  called  Council  Bluffs,  but  who  have  not  tested  its 
hospitalities  nor  witnessed  the  unfolding  of  its  manj^  and  varied  industries, 
it  affords  me  gratification  to  say  that  within  gunshot  of  this  spot,  yet  hid- 
den almost  compDetely  by  "the  eternal  hills,"  lies  a  city  of  30,000  intelligent, 
industrious,  contented  and  happy  people.  It  is  the  capital  city  of  the 
largest  county  in  the  state,  a  county  containing  582,1.56  acres  of  the  richest 
land  on  the  face  of  the  globe.  It  is  second,  if,  indeed,  it  is  not  the  first  city 
in  the  world  in  the  magnitude  of  its  agricultural  implement  trade.  "Imple- 
ment Row,"  comprising  blocks  upon  blocks  of  mammoth  warehouses  into 
which  the  roads  from  the  east  pour  trainloads  of  implements  dai!Iy,  and  out 
of  which  these  same  goods  go  daily  by  the  dozen  lines  of  railroads  to  al- 
most every  quarter  section  of  this  great  Trans-Mississippi  territory.  It  is 
a  city  of  schools  and  churches,  and  its  educational  and  moral  tone  is  sec- 
ond to  that  of  no  city  of  its  size  in  tie  United  States.  It  is  a  city  of  fair 
women  and  brave  men,  as  attested  by  the  avidity  with  which  its  daughters 
are  taken  from  the  homes  of  their  parents  to  homes  of  which  they  are  the 
inspiration  and  the  head,  and  by  the  r.umber  of  soldier  boj's  it  has  contri- 
buted to  Uncle  Sam's  armies. 

This  city  of  Council  Bluffs,  anxious  to  contribute  in  material  way  to 
the  success  of  this  Trans-Mississippi  Exposition,  and,  because  of  its  near- 
ness, feeling  an  almost  proprietary  interest  in  it,  unanimously  determined 
at  the  very  inception  of  this  great  undertaking — the  fruition  of  which  we  are 
witnessing  today — to  be  fittingly  represented  here.  This  determination  led 
to  the  purchase  of  stock  of  the  exposition,  to  the  calling  of  public  meetings 
and  the  or.e-anization  of  an  association  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  see  to  it 
that  Council  Bluffs  should  be  seen  and  known  by  all  who  came  within 
these  enchanted  grounds  during  the  period  of  the  Exposition.  It  was  a 
difficult  task  assigned  to  these  men.   but  nobly  have  they  discharged  it. 

The  Wigwam  tells  better  than  can  words  of  mine  the  wonderful,  the 
miraculous  development  of  this  Trans-Mississippi  country.  The  footfall 
of  the  red   man,   following   his  well   known   trails,   has  given     place     to   the 


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wliiii  of  the  electric  motor  as  it  moves  along  the  glistening  lines  of  steel.. 
The  smoke  of  the  "Wigwam"  has  faded  away  before  the  smoke  from  fac- 
tory and  force.  The  silence  of  natural  peace  has  gone  forever,  succeeded 
by  the  never-ending  hum  of  industry.  Ihe  plains  and  valleys  are  no  longer 
the  waste  places  of  the  earth,  but  have  been  made  the  garden  spots  and 
graneries  of  the  world. 

To  the  purposes  of  this  Exposition  this  "Wigwam  is  to  day  given.  To 
the  city  which  gives  it  in  part  I  cordially  invite  you.  The  trails  are 
plainer  than  they  were  a  half  century  ago  and  the  hearts  of  our  people, 
like  the  doors  of  their  "Wigwams,"  are  ever  open  to  you.  We  want  you 
to  come  and  break  bread  with  us,  smoke  with  us  the  pipe  of  peace,  rest 
body  and  mind  in  the  prettiest  parks  between  the  two  ranges  of  moun- 
tains, and,  going  back  over  the  y-ars,  find  a  new  meaning  in  Longfel- 
low's lines: 

Very  spacious  was   the  Wigwam, 
Made    of    deerskin    dressed    and    whitened. 
With  the  gods  of  the  Dakotas. 
Drawn  and  painted  on  its  curtains. 

Spencer  Smith,  one  of  the  pioneer  lawyers  of  Council  Bluffs,  spoke  at 
length  of  the  hardships  and  experiences  of  the  pioneer  of  the  prairie. 
Judge  Walter  I.  Smith,  a  member  of  the  district  bench  of  Pottawattamie 
County,  was  the  next  speaker.  He  spoke  rapidly,  sketching  the  history 
of  Pottawattamie  County  and  passing  quickly  to  the  present  status  of  af- 
fairs in  the  county,  referring  to  the  mortality  statistics  as  showing  that 
the  average  life  of  the  man  who  takes  up  his  residence  in  Council  Bluffs 
is  150  years.  In  closing  he  welcomed  the  people  to  the  Wigwam  and  in- 
vited them  to  make  it  their  home.  The  music  for  the  occasion  was  fur- 
nished by  the  Apollo  Mandolin  Club  of  Council  Bluffs,  an  organization  of 
young  men,  who  delighted  the  audience  with  the  excellence  of  their  playing. 

ASSOCIATION     MEETINGS. 

During  the  term  of  the  Exposition  there  were  a  number  of  conventions 
and  reunions  of  Iowa  Organizations  and  Societies  held  in  the  Press  room 
and  in  the  Commissioners' room  of  the  Iowa  Building,  and  at  different  times 
the  use  of  the  building  was  tendered  to  the  representatives  of  other  States 
who  had  no  State  Building  on  the  Exposition  Grounds. 

Your  Committee  commenced  early  to  make  their  plans  for  the  Iowa 
Celebration  which  was  to  occur  on  the  21st  of  September.  They  planned 
to  make  it  an  ideal  Iowa  demonstration.  Your  Committee  planned  to 
have  a  large  number  of  the  bands  from  different  counties  in  the  state  in 
attendance  at  that  time  and  opened  correspondence  with  the  County  Audi- 
tors and  Mayors  of  the  principal  cities  with  this  end  in  view.  They  also 
entered  into  negotiations  with  the  raiU'oads  of  the  State  of  Iowa  with  re- 
quest to  transport  all  uniformed  bands  to  the  Exposition  for  that  occasion 
free  of  charge. 

Your  Committee  also  requested  a  uniform  rate  over  the  entire  state  of  one 
cent  per  mile  and  a  six  days  limit.  The  railroad  companies  at  a  late  date 
made  rates  nearly  as  I'equested  by  your  committee  and  granted  the  limit 
asked  for,   but  they    declined    to    transport  the  bands  free. 

The  press  of  the  State  heartily  responded  to  calls  made  up  on  them  for 
advertising  Iowa  State   Day   Ceremonies. 

"A.  brief  synopsis  of  the  plan  of  the  Committee  was  submitted  to  the 
Executive   Committee   for    their    approval  and  was  adopted. 

The  exercises  of  the  Celebration  Day  were  preceded  on  the  evening  of 
the  20th  by  a  dinner  given  by  the  Iowa  Commission  in  honor  of  Governor 
Shaw,  the  Iowa  State  Officers,  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Con- 
gress, the  President  and  Board  of  Management  of  the  Exposi- 
tion, the  Commissioners  of  the  several  states  and  territories  participating 
in    the   Exposition,   and   others. 


104  IOWA  T-M  AND  I.  EXPOSITION   COMMISSION. 

At  this  dinner,  (the  President  being  absent),  Chairman  Packard  pre- 
sided and  the  following  addresses  were  made,  which  were  highly  compli- 
mentary to  our  State  and  Nation.  j 

SPEECHES . 

Omaha  Club  Room,  Tuesday  evening,  September  20,  1898. 
The  following  is  a  stenographic  report  of  the  proceedings: 
In  the  opening  post-prandial  exercises  Hon.  S.  B.  Packard,  toast- 
master,  bade  the  guests  w^elcome,  an  announced  that  the  banquet  was  given 
by  the  Iowa  Commission  in  honor  of  Governor  Leslie  M.  Shaw  and  State 
Officers,  the  President  and  other  officers  of  the  Exposition  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  several  States  and  Territories. 

The  Male  Quartet  from  Council  Bluffs  sang,  "Comrades  in  Arms,  Win 
the  Fight." 

When  the  cigars  were  lighted  Toastmaster  Packard  called  on  the  male 
Quartette.  '  ^ 

Toastmaster  Packard  introduced   Senator  Allen  as  follows: 

Gentlemen:  The  story  is  too  long  to  tell  all  at  once,  the  way  in  which 
Iowa  started  to  come  lo  the  Exposition,  but  with  your  patience  we  will 
gradually  unroll,  so  that  you  will  see  how  it  came  about. 

One  of  the  first  things  in  a  matter  of  this  sort  is  to  know  how  this 
great  Exposition  got  its  start,  and  we  are  fortunate  in  having  with  us  to- 
night the  gentleman  who  originated  and  offei'ed  the  bill  which  finally 
passed,  asking  Congress  to  make  an  appropriation  for  ihis  great  Interna- 
tional Exposition.  And  we  are  fortunate  again  that  this  is  an  Iowa  gen- 
tleman that  w-e  loaned  to  Nebraska.  I  have  gi-eat  pleasure  in  introduc- 
ing Senator  Allen,  to  respond  to  the  toast,  "Congress  and  the  Exposition." 

SENATOR  WILIAM  Y.  ALLEN. 

Mr.   Chairman  and  Gentlemen:       My  life  has  been  a  life  of  surprises. 

I  came  here  this  forenoon  for  the  express  purpose  of  doing  what  I  could 
to  entertain  5'ou  gentlemen  from  Iowa,  assisting  our  friends  from  Omaha, 
as  far  as  I  had  the  capacity  to  do  so,  but  with  not  the  slightest  idea  of 
having  anything  to  say,  notwithstanding  it  is  charged  against  me  that  I 
hold  the  Avorld's  record  for  long  distance  heel  and  toe  talking.  (Applause 
and  laughter.) 

The  origin  of  this  bill  is  not  a  matter  of  very  great  importance, 

Nebraska,  as  you  know,  has  been  suffering,  or  had  suffered  some- 
what from  an  unhappy  concatination  of  circumstances,  not  necessary  now 
to  be  mentioned,  for  we  are  a  young  and  struggling  commonwealth,  we  did 
not  have  the  age  that  Iowa  has,  and  age  counts  for  much  in  the  experi- 
ence of  a  State.  It  was  deemed  by  us,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Trans- 
Mississippi  Congress,  held  in  November,  1895,  I  think,  that  a  Trans- 
Mississippi  and  International  Exposition  should  be  held  in  Omaha.  I  do 
not  think  any  of  us  had  a  clear  conception  of  the  magnitude  of  the  en- 
terprise at  that  time.  It  had  been  agitated  some  time  before  that  by  the 
newspapers  of  this  city,  and  by  prominent  citizens,  and,  finally,  it  took 
definite  shape.  An  organization  was  formed,  the  stockholders  of  which 
resided  in  Omaha. 

The  President  of  the  company  will  be  able  to  tell  you  more  about  that 
than  I  can.  And  we  then  made  an  appeal  to  Congress  to  give  it  national 
recognition  and  an  appropriation. 

I  had  the  honor  of  drafting  the  bill,  a  very  simple  affair,  and  introduc- 
ing it  in  the  senate,  and  we  were  fortunate  in  having  my  distinguished 
colleague  as  the  chairman   of  the  committee  to  which  it  was  referred. 

You  can  very  well  see,  then,  the  first   step  in  the  programme. 

It  was  reported  favorably  and,  with  some  amendments,  placed  on  it 
by  your  distinguished  senior  Senator,  it  passed  the  Senate  and  went  to  the 


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House  of  Representatives,  where,  after  a  time,  and  a  great  deal  of  labor, 
it  passed,  and  was  signed,  a  few  hours  before  the  adjournment  of  Con- 
gress,  by  Mr.   Cleveland.  < 

The  history  of  this  enterprise  is  better  known  by  President  Wattles, 
and   those   more   intimately   connected  with  it.  than  I  could  possibly  know. 

I  may  say  to  you  gentlemen,  that  this  enterprise  is  not  only  a  pet  of 
Omaha,  it  is  a  pet  of  Nebraska,  and  it  is  a  pet,  I  believe  and  favorite  of  the 
entire   Mississippi  and  Missouri  basin. 

I  am  frank  to  say  that  I  did  not  have  myself  a  clear  conception  of  the 
possible  magnitude  of  this  enterprise,  and  I  never  had  a  clear  conception 
of  it  until  today,  and  I  have  not  been  through  it  yet.  My  colleague  here 
toted  me  off  down  the  Midway,  and  kept  me  almost  all  the  afternoon,  and 
I  did  not  see  all  that  was  to  be  seen. 

Senator  Thurston— I  never  had  a  better   stayer. 

Senator  Allen— The  history  of  this  bill.  I  believe,  or,  from  the  passage 
of  this  bill,  dates  a  new  era  in  the  history,  not  only  of  the  State  of  Neb- 
raska, but  in  the  history  of  the  State  of  Iowa. 

I  may  say  to  you  gentlemen  from  Iowa  that  I  first  set  my  foot  on  Iowa 
soil  forty-two  years  ago.  It  was  a  new  State  at  that  time,  and  I  have  not 
lost  my  affection  for  Iowa,  by  any  means  although  I  am  frank  to  say  to- 
you,  if  I  were  compelled  to  make  a  choice  between  Iowa  and  that  younger 
and,  in  some  respects,  brighter  Commonwealth  of  Nebraska,  I  would 
cling   to    Nebraska    soil.        (Applause.) 

It  is  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  of  prosperity,  in  my  judgment.  I 
mean  general  prosperity.  Not  the  kind  we  were  talking  about  a  couple  of 
years  ago.       (Applause.) 

It  brings  the  people  of  these  great  Western  States  more  closely  in  con- 
tact with  one  another  than  they  have  been  before.  Much  of  the  trouble, 
much  of  the  difficulty  that  has  come  to  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
has  been  in   consequence  of  their  hitherto  isolated  positions. 

I  frankly  believe,  if  I  may  be  permitted  to  refer  to  the  fact,  that  if  we 
had  had  the  close  communication  with  the  South,  thirty  years  ago,  we 
would  not  have  had  the  great  struggle  through  which  we  passed,  and 
if  all  the  people  of  this  country  were  to  be  brought  more  closely  in  contact 
with  one  another,  and  this  great  enterprise  is  not  only  bringing  people 
from  Iowa  here,  who  are  our  neighbors  and  great  friends,  but  it  is 
bringing  people  from  all  sections  of  the  Union,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific   and    fi'om    Canada    to    the    Gulf.        (Applause.) 

That    it    is    educational,    no   one    can    deny. 

A  person  would  have  to  be  extremely  stupid  that  would  visit  this 
great  White  City  located  at  Omaha  and  make  a  study  of  the  Exposition- 
and  the  articles  put  upon  exhibition  there,  that  did  not  learn  many  valu- 
able lessons  from  what  he  saw.  It  is  educational  not  only  for  the  genera- 
tion to  which  you  and  I  belong,  but  it  is  supremely  educational  to  the  im- 
pressionable youth  of  this  country  that  may  attend  it.  And  whatever  I 
may  have  done,  which  is  little,  in  making  it  a  success,  I  shall  always  re- 
gard, with  some  degree  of  pride,  the  fact  that  I  was,  in  some  measure, 
connected  with    its  inception  and  its  success. 

You  must  understand,  gentlemen  from  Iowa,  that  out  here  in  Nebraska 
we  are  in  love  with  one  another.  All  sections  of  this  state  are  in  perfect 
accord  with  all  other  sections  in  the  state.  We  have  our  political  battles. 
We  have  our  contentions.  We  have  our  struggles  among  ourselves.  But 
when  it  touches,  when  anything  affects  the  welfare  of  Nebraska,  its 
commercial  or  its  agricultural  or  its  educational  advantages,  we  are  all  one. 
There  is  no  Populism  then,  no   Republicanism,  no  Democracy.     (Applause.) 

And  those  of  us  who  reside  in  the  interior  of  the  State,  and  I  speak  as  one 
who   lives   in    the    interior   of    this  state,    those  of   us  who   reside  in   the   in- 


106  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

terior  of  Nebraska  are  in  love  with  the  progress  and  the  enterprise  of  this 
commercial  city  and  center  of  our  State.       (Applause.) 

In  this  center  is  poured  much  of  the  wealth  produced  from  the  soil  of 
Nebraska,  and  as  long  as  the  merchants  and  the  business  men  of  Omaha 
are  as  .iust  and  generous  to  our  people  as  they  have  been,  in  the  laps  will 
be  poured  the  wealth   of  this  commonwealth  in  the  years  that  are  to  come. 

Now,  I  do  not  desire  to  take  any  more  of  your  attention.  I  enjoy 
myself  best,  strange  as  it   may  seem,  when  I  talk  least. 

I  am  glad  to  see  you  here. 

As  a  citizen  of  this  state  I  desire  to  extend  you  a  hearty  welcome  to 
Omaha.  The  doors  of  Omaha  and  the  doors  of  Nebraska  are  open  to  you. 
You  are  our  friends  and  our  brethren.  You  are  here  as  our  guest,  to 
enable  us  to  make  this  enterprise  more  successful  than  it  has  been  here- 
tofore, though  it  has  been  a  great  success,  and  as  such  we  appreciate  your 
visit,  and  we  will  do  all  we  can  to  make  your  stay  among  us  a  pleasant 
and   profitable  stay.        (Applause.) 

Toastmaster  Packard— I  cannot  say,  like  the.  Senator,  that  I  am  not  pre- 
pared. I  cannot  make  that  excuse,  because  I  have  got  it  all  in  my  pocket, 
and  the  excuse  would  not  be  correct,  and  when  I  fire  a  shot,  etc.  In  other 
words,  T  give  every  man  a  change  to  enjoy  his  dinner  without  any  fear  that 
he  is  going  to  be  called  out. 

I  suppose  the  next  subject  on  the  programme  should  be  the  one  to  bring 
us  down  to  the  main  work  and  to  an  understanding  of  the  great  task  that 
has  been  accomplished,  in  raising  the  money,  in  preparing  this  grand  Ex- 
position, and  to  do  that*there  is  one  man  with  us  here  tonight  who  can  tell 
us  all  about  how  this  was  done.  And  I  want  you  all  to  stand  and  drink 
to  the  health  of  President  Wattles,  who  will  respond  to  the  toast,  "Omaha 
and  the  Exposition." 

The  male  quarete  from  Council  Bluffs  sang  "For  He  Is  a  Jolly  Good  Fel- 
low." 

MR.  GURDON  W.  WATTLES. 
I  had  hoped  and  had  asked  to  to  be  excusd  from  making  any  remarks 
this  evening,  and  had  supposed,  until  I  was  just  notified  a  few  moments  ago 
that  my  request  had  been  granted.  I  am  not  an  extemporaneous  speaker 
and  until  connected  with  this  Exposition,  for  fifteen  years,  had  not  at- 
tempted to  make  a  public  address. 

However,  as  I  feel  that  I  am  among  my  friends  tonight,  I  do  not  feel 
that  hesitation  that   I  sometimes   do  a  nong  strangers. 

Twenty-five  years  of  the  best  years  of  my  life  were  spent  in  Iowa.  To 
the  public  schools  and  colleges  of  that  State  I  owe  my  education.  To  the 
splendid  advantages  and  resources  and  opportunities  offered  by  that  State, 
I  owe  whatever  success  I  may  have  attained  in  business.  In  that  State  are 
many  of  my  old  acquaintances  and  many  of  my  nearest  relatives,  and  in 
the  soil  of  the  State  of  Iowa  lies  my  only    child. 

I  therefore  feel  a  fellow  feeling  today,  and  as  the  Iowa  Day  approaches 
a  pleasure  that  I  have  not  felt  in  anticipating  any  other  State  day  celebra- 
tion at  this  Exposition. 

But  I  am  to  talk  of  Omaha  and  tha  Exposition.  The  history  is  so  old 
and  has  been  so  often   told  that  it   seems  almost  treadbare. 

The  year  1892  was  a  year  of  panic  throughout    the   land. 

It  was  followed  in  Nebraska  by  failure  of  ci'ops,  by  a  drouth  such  as 
had  never  been  known  before,  business  failures  throughout  the  State  and 
in  this  city  had  reached  their  maximum  in  1895,  and  business  men  were 
discouraged  and  disheartened.  And  whan  the  proposition  was  made  by  the 
Commercial  Congress  that  met  in  thi^  State  to  hold  here  in  1898  a  great 
Exposition  of  the  resources  and  wealth  and  progress  of  the  Trans-Mississ- 
ippi States  and  Territories,  it  was  thought  by  many  of  our  most  conserva- 
tive men  that  the  task  was  too  great  and  that  the  time  was  not  opportune. 
The  resolution  passed  the  Commercial  Congress  to  hold  this  Exposition. 
This  Congress   was  composed  of  all  the  States  and  Territories  West  of  the 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CEREMONIES.  107 

Mississippi,  but  the  Immediate  ^vork  of  this  Exposition  devolved  upon  the 
citizens  of  Omaha.  An  organization  was  perfected.  Officers  were  elected. 
But  the  discouragements  were  so  great  that  even  the  officers,  at  first  com- 
posed of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  this  Exposition,  were  almost  ready  to 
give  up  the  enterprise.  Our  business  men,  many  of  them,  advised  against 
it,  and  we  finally  agreed  among  ourselves  that  we  would  go  on  with  the 
preliminary  organization,  and  if  we  could  secure  national  aid  and  a  na- 
tional appropriation  we  would  carry  the  work  forward  to  completion. 
How  this  aid  was  secured  has  just  been  told  by  Senator  Alien. 
After  a  fight  in  Congress,  such  as  had  never  been  seen  before,  on  a  meas- 
ure of  this  kind,  after  efforts,  which  Speaker  Reed  acknowledged,  after  the 
bill  passed,  had  never  been  equaled,  in  the  passage,  and  in  the  requests,  in 
the  number  of  requests  for  the  passage  of  the  measure,  the  bill,  finally,  on 
the  last  day  of  Congress,  became  a  law,  and  a  great  jubilee  was  celebrated 
in  this  city  immediately  thereafter,  and  from  that  day  really  began  this 
great  work  of  building  this  great  enterprise. 

When  I  returned  from  Washington,  where  I  went  to  do  what  little  I  could 
in  assistance  to  our  worthy  Congressman,  to  secure  a  favorable  report  on  this 
bill  from  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  in  the  House,  when  I  returned  and 
told  our  people  that  a  condition  had  been  added,  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee,  providing  that  we  must  raise  two  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  in  stock  subscriptions,  before  the  Government  ap- 
propriation would  be  available,  many  were  disheartened  and  discouraged, 
said  it  never  could  be  done.  But  many  of  our  business  men  felt  that  when  the 
night  was  darkest  and  when  the  skies  were  overhung  with  clouds  was  the 
time  for  the  most  supreme  effort.  They  felt  that  by  gathering  here  the  re- 
sources and  the  wealth  and  the  produce  of  this  Western  country,  and  in- 
viting the  people  of  the  East  to  come  and  see  what  the  West  really  was  and 
what  it  could  produce,  we  would  correct  many  of  the  false  impressions  and 
reports  that  gone  out  regarding  this  State  and  regarding  the  other  Western 
States.     (Applause.) 

They  were,  therefore,  spurred  on  to  action,  and,  after  a  long  and  hard 
canvass  among  the  business  men  of  this  city,  our  committees  met  and  com- 
pared notes,  and  we  found  that  instead  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars,  required  by  Congress,  that  we  had  already  subscribed  more  than 
four   hundred   thousand    dollars.      (Applause.) 

Those  of  us  who  were  most  intimately  connected  with  the  plans  of  this 
enterprise  well  knew  that  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and 
even  four  hundred  thousand  dollars,  would,  in  no  wise,  build  an  Exposition 
worthy  of  the  West.  The  work  went  on.  the  railroads  were  solicited.  They 
came  to  our  aid  in  the  most  generous  manner.  The  Burlington  road  was 
the  first,  and  it  subscribed  thirty  thou'^and  dollars;  this  was  followed  by  an 
equal  amount  by  the  Northwestern,  annd  the  other  roads  leading  to  this 
city  all  subscribed  in  a  most  liberal  manner,  until  we  finally  raised  by  stock 
subscriptions  and  donations  in  this  community  alone  about  six  hundred 
thousand  dollars.     (Applause.) 

The  plans  of  the  Exposition  Buildings  were  drawn  and  the  work  began. 
We  did  not  know  where  the  remainder  of  the  money  was  to  come  from,  but 
•we  went  on  as  best  we  could,  and  carried  out  the  plans  that  have  been  con- 
summated in  the  beautiful  design  which  has  been  the  pleasure  and  the  ad- 
miration of  all  visitors,  until  today,  the  corporation,  organized  in  this  city, 
and  upon  whose  shoulders  the  active  work  has  been  placed,  has  raised  and 
expended  one  million  and  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  in  round  figures. 
They  do  not  owe  a  dollar.  The  corporation  is  practically  out  of  debt.  The 
Exposition  was  in  bond  for  a  time.  It  has  been  built  by  Omaha  capital, 
by  Omaha  labor,  supplemented,  of  course,  by  the  work  that  has  been  done 
In  outside  States.  All  appropriations  of  States  and  Territories,  the  general 
Government,  and  of  foreign  nations,  has  gone  to  build  the  buildings  of  these 
municipalities  and  States  and  countries,  and  not  into  the  general  fund.  Even 
our  own  State,  that  appropriated  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  has  expend- 
ed every  dollar  of  it  through  a  commission  appointed  by  the  Governor  of 
this    State.     The   active   work    has    been  done  by  Omaha  people,  and  to  the 


108  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

generosity  and  labor  and   brain  and  architectural     designing   we   can   credit 
forever  the  great  success  that  this  enterprise   has    achieved. 

It  may  be  out  of  place,  at  a  meeting  of  this  kind,  where  people  from  an, 
outside  State  are  the  principal  guests  of  the  occasion,  to  speak  in  this  man- 
ner of  the  people  of  the  city  in  which  I  live.  But  I  want  to  say  that  to  the 
pc-ople  of  this  city  will  forever  stand  the  credit  of  not  only  showing  to  the- 
world  that  in  a  time  of  trouble  and  discouragement  we  were  brave  enough, 
and  strong  enough  to  come  forward  to  the  rescue  of  our  own  city,  but  thejr 
were  brave  enough  and  strong  enough  and  willing  to  put  up  the  money  nec- 
essary to  protect  the  credit  and  to  forvrard  the  interests  of  the  entire  West, 
(Applause.) 

The  Chairman— We  will  call  upon  the  quartet.     It  is  an  Iowa  quartet. 

The  quartet  responded  to  the  request  of  the  Chairman  with  this  song:: 
"Still  and  Lonely  Must  I  Go;    O,    Star.Thy  Loving  Smile  Bestow." 

Chairman  Packard— I  am  going  to  give  you  something  now  to  awaken 
the  pride  which  every  one  has  in  the  toast  of  "Our  Nation."  And  we  have- 
T/ith  us  here  tonight  a  most  eminent  statesman  of  this  country,  whom  we 
are  fortunate  in  having,  and  whom  I  now  call  upon  to  respond.  I  refer  to- 
Senator  Thurston,   senior  Senator  of  Nebraska.     (Applause.) 

SENATOR  JOHN  M.  THURSTON 
The   Toastmaster  and  Gentlemen  of  Iowa:    It  is  with  great  pleasure  that 
I  meet  you  here  tonight  from  our  neighboring  State. 

You  have  already  noticed  that  most  of  our  eminent  citizens  originally 
came  from  Iowa.     (Applause.) 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  suggest  that  they  appeared  here  almost 
simultaneously  with  the  passage  of  the  prohibitory  law.  (Applause  and' 
laughter.) 

We  are  very  familiar  with  most  of  your  citizens  who  live  within  a  ra- 
dius of  one  hundred  miles  from  Omaha.  They  are  frequent  and  welcome 
visitors. 

I  am  faced  tonight  with  a  sentiment  that  would  appal  any  one  called 
upon  to  respond  to  it,  "Our  Nation."  Why,  gentlemen,  we  do  not  even  know 
the  boundaries  of  the  United  States  today.     (Applause.) 

The  last  few  months  we  have  leapad  the  seas,  and  our  flag  flies  on  two- 
continents,  instead  of  one,  and  if  Dewey  had  one  more  Spanish  fleet  to  fol- 
low. God  knows  how  far  our  dominion  might  have  been  extended.  (Ap- 
ple use.  J 

We  are  not  a  people  of  conquest.  The  words  dominion  and  conquest  have 
not  been  known  in  our  national  vocabulary.  And,  yet,  from  the  beginning 
of  the  Republic  up  to  the  present  time,  what  wonderful  strides  we  have 
made,  not  only  in  civilization  and  general  advancement,  but  in  the  scope  of 
territory  that  the  American  people  have  from  time  to  time  added  to  the 
original  thirteen  colonies  and  the  adjacent  territory.  Here,  even,  where  you 
and  I  both  live,  was  not  a  part  of  the  United  States  at  the  beginning  of 
the  nineteenth  century.  For,  by  one  grand  acquisition,  in  1804,  we  brought 
under  the  Stars  and  Stripes  over  two-thirds  of  the  area  of  the  United  States^ 
the  area  that  today  has  placed  in  tha  diadem  of  the  nation's  banner  al- 
most  one-third   of   its    glittering   stars.     (Applause.) 

Our  present  position  as  a  nation,  in  the  extension  of  our  boundaries 
and  of  our  jurisdiction,  has  not  been  one  of  our  own  seeking.  Whatever  we 
may  add  to  the  domain  of  the  United  States,  the  world  will  acquit  us  of 
any  seeking  for  territory.  The  great  struggle,  which  is  now  so  fortunately 
and  happily  and  gloriously  closed,  was  not  undertaken  to  acquire  foreign 
lands,  to  take  in  the  islands  of  the  Gulf  or  of  the  further  seas,  but  it  waff 
done  in  response  to  the  resistless  demand  of  the  consciences  of  the  Amer- 
ican people  that  humanity  should  be  relieved  from  the  burdens  and  the  op- 
pressions of  tyranny  of  a  foreign  government  upon  the  Western  Hemis- 
phere.    (Applause.) 

And  today,    whatever  will    come   to  us    of    this    great    struggle,     in      the 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON   CEREMONIES.  109 

-way  of  territory,  it  will  not  come  to  us  of  our  seeking-,  but  as  the  inevit- 
able logic  of  the  situation,  and  the  responsibility  that  will  attach  to  the 
American  people   will  come  to   them  uhsoug-ht. 

I  don't  know  what  may  be  the  policy  of  this  Government  in  its  settle- 
ment of  the  g-reat  issue  with   the  country  of   Spain. 

I  do  know  that  we  have  secured,  because  we  could  not  prevent  it,  and  I 
don't  think  we  would  have  cared  to  prevent  it  if  we  could,  the  splendid 
island  of  Porto  Rico. 

I  do  not  know  what  the  policy  of  this  Government  will  be  as  to  the  ex- 
tension of  our  domain  in  the  Pacific  ssas. 

I  do  know  this,  that  it  was  no  part  of  the  purpose  of  the  United  States  to 
seek  dominion  there. 

Dewey's  fleet  sailed  into  the  harbor  of  Manila,  not  seeking  land,  not  seek- 
acquisition,  but  simply  as  an  inevitable  result  of  the  war  that  was  upon 
iis,  to  put  an  end  to  the  fleet  that  threatened  the  interests  of  our  beloved 
•country 

For  my  part.  I  have  been  most  cautioun  ar.d  cor.servative  in  thought 
-and  action.  I  confess  that  I  have  looked  with  apprehension  upon  a  depar- 
ture from  the  old  established  theories  of  our  Government.  I  have  viewed 
with  concern  and  I  have  hesitatingly  cast  my  influence  and  my  vote  in  fa- 
vor  of  any  proposition  for  an  acquisition  of  foreign  territory. 

But  new   responsibilities  have   come  to  us  as  a  people. 

Sometimes  when  I  look  back  upon  the  history  of  this  country,  bounding 
up,  as  it  does,  the  mag^nificent  progress  of  this  world  of  ours,  I  have  been 
inclined  to  believe  that  the  guiding  finger  of  Providence  may  have  directed 
the  fleets  of  the  United  States  in  the  foreign  seas,  and  that  it  is  God's  will 
-and  God's  doing-  that  the  flag  of  the  United  States  floats  over  more  people, 
for  their  salvation  and  their  uplifting,  than  we  ever  expected  it  would. 
(Applause.) 

I  do  know  this,  that  whatever  we  may  retain  in  our  neighboring  gulf; 
whatever  our  administration  may  retain  in  the  further  seas;  I  do  know 
Ihis,  that  there  are  no  people  on  the  face  of  the  earth  to  whom  the  responsi- 
bility of  the  government  of  new  lands  can  be  entrusted  than  to  the  Amer- 
ican people.     (Applause.) 

I  do  know  this,  too,  that  as  a  nation  we  have  grown  before  the  w^orld. 
I  do  know  that  we  stand  today,  with  more  power  and  more  dignity  and 
more  grandeur  and  more  respect  than  we  have  stood  before.  I  know  that 
that  dear  old  flag  of  our  means  more  to  the  world  than  it  ever  meant  be- 
fore. That  flag  that  like  our  country  has  been  a  growth,  a  good  growtlj,  a 
healthy  growth,  a  splendid  growth.  Why,  we  remember  that  at  York- 
town,  when  it  first  became  the  flag  of  an  independent  people,  it  stood  as 
the  flag  that  relieved  us  from  the  dominion  of  kings,  and  for  a  Govern- 
ment of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  for  the  people. 

We  know  how  the  dear  old  flag  grew  out  at  Appomattox  until  it  be- 
came in  the  sky  one  of  human  liberty,  and  we  know,  too,  that  in  this  later 
growth  that  dear  old  flag  at  Santiago,  when  almost  a  quarter  of  a  million 
soldiers  surrendered  to  twenty-three  thousand  troops  of  the  United  States, 
that  flag  became  something  that  it  had  never  been  in  the  sky  of  nations, 
"the  flag  of  man's  humanity  for  man.     (Applause.) 

It  waves  in  all  its  splendor  on  land  and  sea,  in  both  hemispheres,  silver- 
ing and  sparkling  on  the  empyrean  blue,  kissed  by  the  sun  of  day  and 
■wooed  by  the  stars  at  night,  feared  by  tyrants,  beloved  by  mankind,  our 
triumphant  flag,  the  flag  of  the  greatest  nation  on  earth.     (Applause.) 

God's  providence  is  in  it  all,  and  has  been  from  the  beginning.  No  man 
<;an  read  the  history  of  the  world  without  reaching  the  belief  that  this  prov- 
idence reserved  this  new  land  through  all  the  sufferings  and  early  struggles 
of  the  human  race,  reserved  it  until,  in  the  fullness  of  time,  a  people  should 
come  to  live  upon  it,  fitted  and  strengthened  by  great  long  ages  of  combat 
and  of  progress  to  people  it  in  a  better  way  and  for  better  purposes  than 
anv  other  land  had  ever  been  peopled  b  efore. 


110  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

The  ancients  believed  in  an  Arcadian  realm  toward  which  those  be  more 
less  favored  of  the  Gods  might  sail  o.i  golden  seas,  and  where  the  sun 
set  beneath  old  ocean's  wave  they  sa.v  its  shining  strand.  This  is  that 
land.  The  centuries  have  g-iven  it  to  the  human  race;  have  given  it  that 
those  oppressed  in  other  climes  may  here  be  free;  have  given  it  that  on  its 
peaceful  shores  earth's  toiling  millions  may  find  hope  and  rest;  have  given 
it  that  its  peaceful  valleys  may  abound  in  pleasant  hopes  and  its  eternal 
hill  tops  glorify   the  goodness  of  all  America.     (Applause.) 

The  Chairman — Gentlemen,  we  will  now  come  to  the  State  we  came 
from,  Iowa.  We  have  Avith  us  tonight  an  eminent  citizen  of  Nebraska,  who 
also,  was  a  former  citizen  of  Iowa.  How  numerous  they  are.  And  this 
gentleman  can  give  reminiscences  for  us.  He  is  one  of  the  old-timers,  and 
I  am  going  to  ask  him  to  tell  us  of  the^e  early  days  in  Iowa,  and  I  ask  to 
respond   to  "Early  Days  in  Iowa"   Ex-Governor  Saunders,  of  Nebraska. 

EX-GOVERNOR  ALVIN  SAUNDERS. 

Mr.  Toastmaster  and  Gentlemen— Probably  I  should  be  able  to  talk  of  the 
early  days,   for  I  have  not  had  so  much    to    do    with     these     latter     days. 
(Laughter.) 

1  went  into  what  is  called  Iowa  now  when  it  was  Michigan.  Prob- 
ably there  is  not  any  one  here  who  was  there  at  that  time.  I  think  prob- 
ably I  know  more  than  most  of  you  of  the  early  settlement  of  that  coun- 
try. It  was  Michigan  then.  On  the  Fourth  of  July,  I  think,  Michigan  was 
admitted,  and  I  was  there  in  that  territory.  I  was  ten  years  in  that  terri- 
tory before  it  was  admitted.  And  I  was  there  six  or  seven  years  after  it  was 
admitted,   so  I  ought   to   know  something  of  the  history  of  that  country. 

I  assisted  as  a  clerk  to  take  a  census  in  your  State  when  it  took  in  ter- 
ritory north  of  you  up  as  far  as  St.  Paul,  when  there  was  forty-one  thou- 
sand people  in  it. 

Now,  this  country  that  is  right  across  here  now  we  did  not  think  was 
worth  anything  here  at  that  time. 

Now  there  was  some  land  down  in  here  called  Black  Hawk,  Avhere  the 
Black  Hawk  war  was  fought,  and  in  1833  it  was  taken  and  called  the  Black 
Hawk  purchase.  That  is  all  we  knew  about  it  when  we  went  there.  I  don't 
know  what  name  it  would  have  except  that  name.  But  finally  the  Indian 
Territory  was  extended,  and  in  that  way  we  kept  the  people  going  out  a 
little  further,   and  a  little   further  afttr  there  was  some  value  to  it. 

But,  gentlemen,  I  might  state  right  to  you  here  now,  the  first  thing  that 
induced  me  to  take  a  hand  in  politics  was  to  make  the  fine  map  that  you  have 
in  your  State.     You  have  as  good  a  map  as   there  is  in  the  whole  history. 

But  I  was  over  at  a  convention  that-  made  the  constitution  for  that 
State,  that  made  one  State  here  with  a  line  that  -would  run  right  between 
the  two  rivers  here,  and  the  two  States  was  divided  so  as  to  make  this 
State  a  little  longer  than  that  and  that  run  up  towards  St.  Paul.  And  I 
took  a  hand  as  a  youngster.  I  was  then  postmaster  at  Mount  Pleasant  in 
Iowa,  with  a  great  many  others,  to  try  to  defeat  that  constitution.  I 
wanted  it  to  come  just  where  it  comes  now,  right  down  to  the  center  of 
the  river  on  the  west  and  to  the  river  on  the  east,  and  we  had  a  hard  fight 
to  bring-  that  State  more  than  half  way  throug-h,  but  we  beat  it,  and  I 
thing  by  about  four  hundred  votes  only.  But  we  beat  it.  And  at  that  time 
we  defeated  this  constitution.  Up  to  that  time  I  never  had  any  thing  to  do- 
'5\ath  politic  at  all.  And  they  said  I  ought  to  go  and  help  make  a  constitu- 
tion instead  of  defeating  it.  So  I  was  sent  by  the  people  of  my  county  to 
help  make  the  constitution  that  gives  you  your  map  as  you  have  it  today,, 
and  I  am  a  little  proud  of  that  whether  you  are  for  me  or  not.  (Applause.) 

Now,  gentlemen,  I  am  not  going-  to  detain  you.  .  I  am  not  much  of  a 
talker  these  days,  and  never  was  a  very  g-ood  talker,  but  could  talk  a  little 
better  sometimes  than  I  could  since  I  have  had  this  long-  spell  of  keep- 
ing quiet. 

This  Exposition  that  has  been  spoken  of  here. 

Our  people,  you  have  learned  tonigl  t    who    they    were,    have    taken    hold 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CEREMONIES.  Hi 

of  this  matter,  and  we  have  been  backed  by  my  people  in  Iowa. 
I  feel  a  great  affection  for  the  people  of  Iowa. 

I  made  jjiy  first  dollar,  after  I  had  left  my  father's  home,  there.  I  cast 
my  first  vote  in  that  State  that  I  eyer  cast.  I  found  my  wife  in  that  coun- 
try, my  children  were  born  ther?,  and  why  shouldn't  I  have  a  love  for  that 
country. 

Now,  gentlemen,  I  could  go  on,  but  I  do  not  want  to  do  it  now.  I  only 
want  j-ou  to  know  that  I  am  very  glad  that  our  Iowa  people  have  given  us 
this  banquet  tonight. 

They  have  done  well.  We  have  tried  to  do  our  duty  at  home,  as  you  have 
learned  tonight,  and  I  feel  that  there  is  no  people  outside  of  my  own  State 
that  are  nearer  to  me  than  the  Iowa  people  are  today,  and  I  thank  you  very 
kindly  for  this  opportunity  that  we  should  have  to  express  to  you  our  appre- 
ciation of  what  you  have  done,  and  let  us  get  together,  as  we  have  here  to- 
night, and  talk  the  same  things  and  do  the  same  things  and  act  the  same 
things  and  we  shall  be  neighbors  all  our  time  and  that  you  will  be  proud  of 
us  as  we  are  proud  of  you.    Applause.) 

The  quartet  sang  "You  Ask  What  Land  I  Love  the  Best." 

Time,  10:40  p.  m. 

The  Chairman  said:  We  have  with  us  tonight  an  eminent  representa- 
tive of  our  Supreme  Court  of  Iowa,  and  in  order  to  get  you  introduced  to 
these  gentlemen,  I  am  going  to  give  you  the  toast,  "The  Iowa  Judiciary," 
and  ask  Judge  Deemer,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  to  respond. 

JUDGE  H.  E.   DEEMER— 

Mr,   Toastmaster  and  Gentlemen: 

Although  it  is  currently  reported  that  the  Judiciary  is  standing  spon- 
sor for  the  "Midways,"  this  is  the  first  time,  I  believe,  that  that  co-ordin- 
ate branch  of  Government  which  I  have  the  honor  to  represent  has  had 
recognition  upon  any  of  the  regular  programmes. 

We  have  been  so  concerned  with  the  evidences  of  material  prosperity 
about  us  and  with  the  wonderful  achievements  of  this  Western  people  before 
us  that  we  have  not  had  time  to  consider  the  social,  political  and  judicial 
conditions  which  lie  at  the  bottom  of  all  progress. 

But  so  it  has  ever  been.  Courts  come  and  go  unheralded.  They  work  so 
quietly,  enunciate  their  doctrines  so  calmly,  and  proceed  so  deliberately 
that  their  influence  is  hardly  felt;  and  yet  I  venture  the  assertion  that  had 
it  not  been  for  Judge  Marshall,  this  Grand  Exposition  would  have  been  but 
a  dream. 

This  department  of  Government  has  no  patronage  at  its  disposal,  no  fa- 
vors to  bestow,  no  friends  to  reward,  and  no  enemies  to  punish — save  the 
enemies  of  all  mankind.  It  is  at  once  the  most  potent  and  the  most  impo- 
tent branch  of  Government.  It  has  mind  to  declare  but  no  hand  to  enforce. 
It  may  command  but  it  cannot  compel.  It  may  interpret  but  it  cannot 
coerce.  Its  weapons  are  time  honored  precedent  and  inexorable  logic.  Its 
aim  justice  and  truth.  It  never  guesses  more  than  two  ways  on  the  same 
proposition;  and  over  in  our  State  they  say  it  is  right  about  half  of  the 
time — and  this  compliment  is  usually  bestowed  by  the  successful  litigant. 

It  is  looked  upon  as  the  impregnable  bulwark  of  our  liberties,  and  yet  it 
is  most  unmercifully  and  unjustly  criticised.  I  speak  now  of  the  system,  and 
.not  of  particular  courts  or  individual  judges — and  I  may  say  parenthetically 
that  I  have  no  patience  with  a  court  that  will  make  men  work  against  their 
will;  nor  faith  in  an  institution  that  will  compel  men  to  conduct  their  busi- 
ness or  employ  their  capital  at  a  loss.  Neither  have  I  regard  for  a  court 
that  will  interfere  with  men  in  the  performance  of  any  lawful  avocation;  nor 
belief  in  a  judicial  system  which  cannot  or  will  not  protect  property  rights. 
I  have  no  respect  for  that  argument  which  gives  to  government  the  power- 
to  create  something  out  of  nothing,  and  yet  takes  away  from  it  the  right  to- 
protect  that  which  one  enjoys. 

But   to  return   from  my  digression.     From  Marshall  to  Miller  marks  the- 


112  IOWA  T-M.   AND    I.   EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

distance  from  Virginia  to  Iowa.  From  Virginia  to  Iowa  measures  the  in- 
terval between  the  original  thirteen  colonies,  and  the  fully  developed  nation. 
From  the  Alleghanies  to  the  Louisiana  purchase  measures  in  kind  the  true 
limits  of  territorial  expansion. 

I  have  chosen  Marshall  and  Miller  not  simply  for  this  figure  of  speech, 
but  to  illustrate  in  a  measure  the  influence  of  the  judiciary  upon  our  social 
system.  Marshall  was  the  constructor,  Miller  the  reconstructor.  Marshall 
laid  the  foundation,  Miller  builded  and  cemented  the  arch.  Marshall  gath- 
ered up  the  thirteen  colonies  which  has  crystallized  around  the  sword  of 
Washington  and  wound  about  them  the  red  and  white  bars  typical  of  the 
valor  of  our  soldiers  and  the  purity  of  our  intentions. 

Miller  followed  the  sword  of  Grant  and  gave  permanent  setting  to  that 
ever  increasing  galaxy  of  stars  which  are  destined  to  shine  from  the  blue  field 
of  justice 

Marshall  gave  vigor  and  vitality  to  the  young  nation;  Miller  bound  up 
its  wounds,  and  nur.^ed  it  to  young  manhood.  As  you  wend  your  way  out  to 
the  "New  White  City"  and  pass  under  that  magnificent  Arch  of  States.  I 
ask  you  to  remember  that  but  for  the  creative  genius  of  Marshall  and  the 
constructive  ability  of  Miller,  no  such  triumphant  memorial  would  have 
been  possible. 

I  have  also  selcted  these  two  names  because  of  the  fact  that  as  Marshall 
came  from  the  old  home  of  statesmen.  Miller  was  appointed  from  the  new. 
Marshall  represents  Virginia;  Miller  stands  for  Iowa. 

While  it  is  generally  conceded  that  Justice  Miller  stands  at  the  head  of 
our  illustrious  jurists,  w'e  yet  have  others,  and  have  made  large  loans  to  our 
sister  States.  New  York,  Chicago  and  Omaha  have  made  large  drafts  upon 
us,  which  have  always  been  duly  honored. 

I  must  not  tire  you  with  the  mention  of  the  names  of  all.  To  do  so  would 
unduly  trench  upon  the  exercises  for  the  morrow  and  I  forbear. 

Not  only  is  the  nation  indebted  to  Iowa  for  the  able  jurists  she  has  fur- 
nished, but  the  influence  of  her  sons  upon  the  growth  and  development  of  her 
sister   States  is  beyond   computation. 

It  would  not  become  me  to  speak  of  our  present  court.  We  frequently 
say  at  home  that  were  it  not  for  the  bad  precedents  established  by  our  pre- 
decessors we  would  have  no  trouble  and  there  would  be  very  little  litiga- 
tion. Over  here  in  Nebraska,  and  in  this  exclusive  company,  I  want  to  con- 
fidentially confess  that  we  never  had  a  better  court  that  when  Dillon,  Wright 
and  Cole  were  upon  our  bench.  I  believe,  too,  that  the  whole  West  has  pro- 
fited from  their  labors. 

We  take  laudable  pride  in  the  fact  that  we  furnished  Nebraska  with  a 
Post,  not  to  mention  the  district  judges  of  Omaha,  who  sat  at  the  feet  of  the 
illustrious  trio  that  I  have  mentioned. 

I  know  it  is  quite  the  custom  to  decry  the  courts,  and  to  criticise  opin- 
ions. The  latter  is  perfectly  proper,  provided  the  critic  has  an  intelligent 
conception  of  what  he  is  talking  about.  But  the  statesman  or  politician, 
anarchist  or  socialist  who  strikes  at  the  former  has  for  his  mark  the  foun- 
dation stones  of  our  republic,  and  should  he  succeed  in  undermining  the  in- 
stitution our  priceless  liberties  are  gone.  The  courts  are  the  nation's  safe- 
guard. 

The  Chairman — I  am  going  to  give  you  the  next  toast,  "The  Iowa  Press," 
and  w-e  are  fortunate  in  having  my  townsman,  S.  C.  McFarland,  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  Times-Republican  of  Marshalltown,  whom  I  shall 
ask  to  respond. 

S.  C.  McFARLAND. 

In  Response  to  the  "Iowa  Press," 

Mr.   Toastmaster  and   Gentlemen: 

Coming  from  Iowa  it  is  Impossible  for  me  to  say  that  I  am  entirely  un- 
prepared— this  with  deference  to  the  explanations  that  have  preceded  mine. 
I  did  receive  vague  word  by  wire  that  I  would  be  called  upon  to  respond  to  a 
proposition  that  long  range  rendered  more  or  less  indefinite,  and  now  find 
that  my  notes  are  worthless  for  the  purpose   for  which   they  were  intended. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CEREMONIES.  113 

The  situation  is  pregnant  with  embarrassment.  Within  sound  of  the  elo- 
quence of  Senator  Thurston  and  Senator  Allen,  within  touch  of  the  prac- 
tical enthusiasm  of  President  Wattles,  and  having  been  endowed  by  nature 
with  long  legs,  I  feel  like  emulating  the  example  of  your  native  jack  rabbit 
and  taking  to  the  cornfields  of  Nebraska. 

It  might  be  taken  that  this  toast  is  merely  the  usual  and  stereotyped 
acknowledgment  of  the  power  and  influence  of  the  newspaper — that  most  ap- 
preciated and  oftimes  the  most  discredited  of  all  human  productions.  It 
might  be  a  deference  to  that  ancient  remark  of  Thomas  Jefferson:  "I  would 
rather  live  in  a  country  with  newspapers  and  without  a  government  than  in 
a  country  with  government  but  without  newspapers."  Or  it  might  be  an 
unconscious  tribute  to  the  bitter-sweet  of  Wendell  Phillips:  "The  newspa- 
per is  the  parent,  school,  college,  pulpit,  theater,  example  and  counsellor 
—all  in  one.  Every  drop  of  our  blood  is  colored  by  it.  Let  me  make  the 
newspapers,  and  I  care  not  who  makes  the  religion  and  the  laws." 
But  it  is  not  too  much  to  presume,  in  this  instance,  that  it  is  merely  the  rec- 
ognition of  the  fact  that,  but  for  her  newspapers  Iowa  would  not  have  been 
represented  at  this  splendid  show  of  her  sister  State,  nor  would  this  banquet 
have  been  held  tonight. 

It  is  difficult,  in  our  personal  affairs,  to  always  adjust  rightly  the  nice- 
ties of  investment  and  expenditure;  it  is  more  difficult  in  public  affairs, 
enmeshed,  as  they  frequently  are,  with  questions  that  should  be  entirely 
foreign — but  tonight  there  is  cause  for  congratulation  throughout  all  Iowa 
that,  to  her  credit,  as  a  State,  and  to  the  just  pride  of  every  citizens,  past 
and  present,  her  newspapers  brushed  aside  all  selfish  sophistries,  and  reach- 
ing across  the  Big  Muddy,  grasped  the  hand  of  Omaha,  of  Wattles,  of  Rose- 
water,  of  Saunders,  of  Montgomery  and  all  those  kindred  spirits  who  looked 
failure   in  the  face  and  calmly  told  her  that  she  lied 

In  1840  Iowa  had  but  four  weekly  newspapers,  strong  and  crude  creations 
they  would  seem  today.  In  1850  she  had  twenty-seven,  but  still  no  dailies. 
Today  there  are  published,  in  round  numbers,  950  weeklies  and  70  dailies. 
Within  half  a  century  of  time  no  more  marvelous  tale  has  ever  been  told 
than  the  history  of  Iowa  journalism.  Its  weeklies  are  the  best  and  strongest 
in  the  nation;  its  dailies  have  long  since  trespassed  upon  the  future.  With- 
in the  brief  scope  of  this  response  there  is  no  time  for  historical  analysis, 
and  if  there  were,  there  are  others  who  alone  are  competent  to  put  into 
words  a  proper  tribute  to  Iowa  journalism — to  the  brain  and  brawn  of  its 
pioneers,   to  the  enterprise  and  sacrifices  of  their  successors. 

The  modern  Iowa  daily  is  the  evolution  of  but  a  very  few  years.  Only 
yesterday  perfecting  machinery  and  type-casting  and  stereotyping  processes 
were  unknown  outside  the  very  largest  cities.  Today  it  is  a  poor  town  of 
12,000  people  that  hasn't  a  substantial,  satisfying  newspaper.  The  ponderous 
metropolitan  has  become  almost  a  memory.  The  metropolitan  daily  finds 
its  erstwhile  undisputed  field  becoming  more  and  more  circumscribed.  The 
processes  of  invention  and  competition  have  educated  a  new  clientele;  the 
development  of  the  American  idea  has  created  new  conditions  of  locality 
and  environment,  and,  to  meet  them,  out  of  rough  experience,  the  inland 
daily,  as  we  call  it,  has  been  evolved,  and  when  you  have  found,  behind  its 
modern  plant,  that  combination  of  resource  and  enterprise,  that  mental 
and  moral  balance,  and  that  practical  and  executive  ability  required  of  the  . 
successful  publisher  in  all  his  acute  relations  to  the  public  and  to  individu- 
als, then,  in  my  humble  judgment,  you  have  found  the  genius  of  the  most 
exacting  journalism   that  is    known    today. 

The  fecundity  of  Iowa  is  not  measured  by  her  cornfields.  When  the 
genius  of  creation  called  into  existence  the  two  great  rivers  of  this  north- 
ern continent  it  was  decreed  that,  enclosed  within  their  borders  and  nestled 
between  the  rigors  of  Minnesota  on  the  north  and  the  miasma  of  Missouri 
on  the  south  there  should  be  spread  a  garden  of  the  Gods — not  a  fantastic 
dream  of  dead  volcanos  and  the  wash  of  centuries,  but  an  empire  of  roll- 
ing prairie  and  gentle  stream,  whose  influence  should  be  an  inspiration  for  all 
her  children,  stamping  them  with  the  broad  character  of  her  own  topography 
and  endowing  them  with  the  vigor  of  her   own  soil.     And  her  children  have 


114  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

been  inspired.  The  pioneer  press  of  Iowa  preached  the  gospel  of  education. 
It  took  the  boulders  from  the  pathways  of  forgotten  glaciers  and  built  the 
foundation  of  the  school  house.  That  Iowa  school  house  has  developed 
new  states,  and,  as  you  have  heard  so  eloquently  acknowledged  tonight, 
its  influence  may  be  traced  to  the  enterprise  that  lies  beneath  and  the 
beauty  that  blossoms  within  Omaha's  White  City.  It  has  invaded  and  invi- 
gorated the  old  commonwealth.  Its  .-scholars  have  taken,  as  their  natural 
levitage,  the  most  commanding  places  in  every  avocation  of  the  nation's  life,, 
and,  Mr.  Toastmaster,  not  content  with  producing — I  was  going  to  say  the 
best,  but  with  consideration  for  the  feelings  of  Mr.  Rosewater,  I  shall  say  the 
most  wholesome,  newspapers  in  the  world,  it  has  challenged  the  country  by 
sending  to  and  retaining  in  congress  a  delegation  whose  practical  statesman- 
ship dominates  its  councils,  whose  eloquence  compels  the  world  to  stand  still 
for  a  moment  that  it  may  listen,  and  whose  membership,  officially  and  per- 
sonally, is  the  satisfaction  and  the  glory  of  every  true  son  who  dwells 
within  that  charmed  ground  preserved,  as  we  have  heard  by  Ex-Governor 
Saunders,  and  Avhose  motto,  crystallizing  the  splendid  sentiment  uttered 
by  Senator  Thurston  and  coined  long  ago  by  our  war  Lieutenant  Governor, 
Enoch  Eastman,  is  inscribed  upon  that  shaft  of  all  the  States  at  W^ashing- 
ton — "Iowa,  the  affections  of  her  people,  like  the  rivers  of  her  borders,  flow 
to   an   inseparable    union." 

The  Chairman — Gentlemen,  if  mine  eyes  do  not  deceive  me,  far  away  to 
the  south,  in  the  back  part  of  this  room,  we  have  a  late  arrival  from  San- 
tiago de  Cuba,  and  in  order  to  get  him  out  of  the  rear,  I  am  going  to  pro- 
pose a  toast,  "Iowa  at  Santiago  de  Cuba,"  and  I  will  call  on  Mr.  Lafaj-ette 
Young  to   respond. 

MR.   LAFAYETTE  YOUNG. 

Editor  of  the  k)wa  Capital. 
Mr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen— I  arrived  somewhat  unexpectedly,  and  ani 
not  in  the  humor  that  grows  upon  one  after  sitting  for  some  time  and 
partaking  of  the  good  things  at  the  banqueting  board.  I  still  have  with  me 
the  dust  and  discomfort  of  an  overcrowded  Rock  Island  train,  and  am  a 
living  evidence  of  the  inefficiency  of  the  commissary  department  of  Cuba. 
(Laughter.) 

It  was  my  good  fortune,  as  a  newspaper  man,  to  be  with  the  Fifth 
Army  Corps,  under  William  R.  Shatter,  almost  from  the  beginning  of  hos- 
tilities until  within  a  few  days  of  their  suspension. 

It  is  difficult,  at  this  time,  to  recount  the  results  of  the  war.  The  war 
began  and  ended  unexpectedly,  and  events  followed  one  another  with  such 
rapidity  and  so  much  history  was  crowded  into  such  a  short  space  of  time 
that  it  is,  as  I  say,  at  this  time,  difficult  to  estimate  the  results  of  the  war. 
We  are  today  a  greater  citizenship  than  on  the  first  of  May  when  George 
Dewey  sailed  up  Manila  bay  and  introduced  Uncle  Sam  to  the  leading 
powers  of  the  world,  as  a  cosmopolitan,  world-wide  citizen,  a  cross  between 
Buff-ilo  Bill  and  Simon  LeGris,  to  be  taken  into  the  reckoning  hereafter  if 
trouble  is   to  be  avoided.     (Applause  and  laughter.) 

It  is  much  easier  to  enthuse  over  the  liberation  of  an  oppressed  and 
down-trodden  people  around  the  banquet  board  than  it  is  on  the  deck  of  an 
overcrowded  transport  troop  ship,  or  amidst  the  hardships  of  camp  life 

I  accompanied  Shaffer's  army  from  Tampa  to  Cuba,  and  it  was  an  in- 
teresting experience  and  one  not  to  be  forgotten.  The  spectacle  of  twenty 
thousand  men  being  landed  on  a  hostile  shore,  with  bayonets  and  bullets— 
not  a  committee  of  reception  and  badges — to  receive  them,  was  an  inter- 
esting and    inspiring  sight. 

Leaving  Tampa,  we  sailed  down  through  the  various  bodies  of  water, 
down  the  Florida  coast,  out  to  Dry  Tortugas,  then  the  full  length  of  the  isl- 
and and  around  the  bend  of  the  eastward  point,  then  eastwardly  75  miles, 
until  you  come  within  sight  of  Morro  Castle  at  the  entrance  to  the  harbor 
of  Santiago  de  Cuba;  laying  there  on  the  troop  ship  at  night,  wrapped 
in  a  blanket,  and  tossed  by  the  sea,  gazing  up  at  the  blue  firmament  above, 
tTie  tropical  conditions  disclose  many  stars  never  seen  in  our  northern  lati- 
tudes. 


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To  while  away  the  long  hot  nights  we  would  look  out  upon  the  water, 
in  the  darkness  and  blackness  of  the  night;  the  only  lights  were  the  sin- 
gle lights  of  these  39  wooden  vessels,  as  helpless  in  the  presence  of  modern 
guns  as  Paul  Jones'  fleet  if  we  had  it  today.  Stern  wheelers,  side  wheelers, 
ocean  propellers,  screw  propellers,  ships  of  every  variety  of  form  and  every 
conceivable  shape  that  Uncle  Sam  was  able  to  get  together  in  a  hurry, 
and  looking  out  on  that  procession,  with  eleven  fighting  ships  at  the  side, 
and  the  great  battle  ship  Indiana  in  front,  with  its  upper  rigging  and  tur- 
rets towering  above  the  water  like  towers  of  an  old  mediaeval  castle,  it 
was  an  impressive  scene.  Looking  out  at  the  little  solitary  lights  in  each 
of  these  ships,  in  their  silent  procession,  in  the  darkness  of  the  night,  you 
might  imagine  they  were  the  lights  along  the  principal  streets  of  a  country 
town.  Here  was  the  corner  drug  store,  there  the  postofflce,  over  yonder 
the  corner  grocery,  with  its  cracker  boxes  and  tallow  barrels  and  free  Amer- 
ican citizens  discussing  the  silver  problem;  over  on  the  right  you  might 
imagine  that  small  lonely  light  was  the  school  house  light  and  you  were 
hurrying  across  the  prairie  to  fill  a  night  appointment,  and  were  somewhat 
late;  and  this  other  light  was  at  the  farm  house  of  the  leading  citizen,  the 
man  who  looked  after  the  delegations,  and  you  would  expect  the  dog  to 
come  out   barking   to  receive   yo«. 

These  thoughts  might  pass  through  the  mind  while  sailing  down  in  the 
darkness  of  the  night  through  these  various  bodies  of  water,  when  the 
lights  were  out  and  the  newspaper  men  could  not  play  poker  to  kill  time: 
when  our  thirty-five  newspaper  intellects  would  be  at  parade  rest  for  want 
of  something  entertaining,  and  we  had  to  think,  and  thinking  is  a  last  re- 
sort. 

Then,  when  you  arrived,  after  these  days  and  nights  of  trials  and  trib- 
ulations, and  after  the  morning  round  ups  when  they  would  bring  the  sick 
men  on  the  ships,  with  the  newspaper  representatives,  and  the  foreign 
army  and  navy  representatives  of  the  world,  bring  the  boys  to  spread  the 
various  diseases  throughout  the  various  other  parts  of  the  ship,  day  after 
day,  bringing  them  on  a  little  more  thickly,  until  all  the  state  rooms  were 
crowded  and  you  did  not  know  whether  you  were  going  to  have  typhoid  fe- 
ver the  measles  or  what,  and  finally,  after  that  had  gone  on  six  days  and 
nights  and  the  water  was  gone  out  of  the  tanks,  and  the  ginger  ale  from 
the  bar,  and  the  boys  were  out  of  cigars  and  cigarettes,  and  swapping  to- 
bacco and  chewing  brown  paper  and  other  make-shifts  to  supply  the  tobacco 
that  was  gone,  and  you  arrive  and  see  Morro  Castle,  and  the  ships,  and 
Sampson  and  Schley,  and  everybody  else,  and  the  ambitious  young  lieuten- 
ants of  the  navy  who  were  eager  to   emulate  Dewey 

Then  to  follow  the  fleet  around  the  corner  where  you  bombard  Da- 
quiri  with  eleven  fighting  ships,  throwing  all  sizes  and  shapes  of  shot  and 
shell  on  shore,  and  then  landing  and  sleeping  on  shore  for  the  first  night, 
in  the  midst  of  a  great  army,  and  hear  the  outposts  all  up  through  the 
glens  of  the  little  mountains,  saying  halt,  who  goes  there,  and  the  neighing 
of  the  artillery  horses  all  around  you,  and  you  begin  to  wonder  if  God  Al- 
mighty is  going  to  smile  on  an  enterprise  of  the  kind,  when  you  are  tak- 
ing possession  of  land  that  belongs  to  somebody  else  for  four  hundred 
years,  and  to  seek  your  berth  and  your  bed,  and  other  creeping  things  seek 
your  berth  and  your  bed,  without  any  particular  introduction,  introduce 
you  to  the  ways  of  the  tropics,  and  you  hear  the  bands  play,  after  a  while, 
the  old  "Star  Spangled  Banner,"  the  first  time,  possibly,  in  that  country, 
and  "America,"  and  then,  the  only  survivor  of  the  civil  war,  that  seems  to 
s«it  both  sides,  "Dixie,"  and  invariably  wind  up  with  the  new  battle  hymn  , 
of  the  republic,  "There'll  Be  a  Hot  Time  in  the  Old  Town  Tonight."  I  will 
never  forget  that  night.  I  was  thinking,  as  I  said,  it  is  a  last  resort,  I 
wondered  if  God  Almighty  had  any  partnership  in  that  enterprise,  or 
whether  it  was  going  to  be  well  with  us,  and  that  is  a  rather  singular  thing 
to  be  passing  through  the  mind  of  a  newspaper  man,  and  only  passes 
through  in  extreme  cases. 

Finally,  the  Ninth  Infantry  Band,  not  far  away,  every  man  as  black  as 
night,  and  each  man  a  giant,  wound  up   the  concert  with    "Nearer   My  God 


116  IOWA  T-M.   AND  I.    EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

to  Thee."  Then  an  unrepentant  newspaper  man  did  think  of  the  circum- 
stances that  surrounded  him,  and  then  the  rain  began  to  pour,  and  it 
found  all  the  American  citizens  that  were  there.  It  found  fifty  hostlers  in 
charge  of  the  artillery  back  of  our  camp,  and  they  had  been  told  that  if 
you  got  wet  and  cold  at  night  that  you  must  keep  moving,  so  they  built  an 
enormous  bonfire  when  the  rain  began  and  formed  in  procession  around 
that  bonfire  and  tramped  a^■ound  it  throughout  the  entire  night,  singing 
everything  from  gospel  hymns  down,  and  invariably  wound  up  with  a  "Hot 
Time,"  and  they  kept  that  up  until  the  first  rays  of  dawn,  and  we  were 
engaged  in  raising  the  flag  of  liberty  in  Cuba.  (Applause.)  And  then  the 
boys  would  gather  around  the  campfires  at  night  with  their  gums  bleed- 
ing and  their  mouths  dry  and  lips  blistered,  and  the  blood  fevered  in  the 
veins,  and  you  have  got  to  pass  through  the  fever  before  you  are  fit  to  live 
in  that  country  and  get  the  northern  instincts  out  of  you,  before  you  are 
prepared  to  do  business,  sit  around  the  campfire  instead  and  talk  of  the 
good  things  to  be  had  up  in  God's  country.  I  remember  an  Irishman  in  our 
camp.  "Young,"  he  says,  "when  you  go  back  to  America,  you  are  going 
back  sooner  than  we  are,  because  we  are  working  by  the  day  and  we  have 
to  stay,  go  into  the  first  saloon  that  you  come  to  tljat  looks  respectable, 
get  a  "tin  bucket  full  of  beer  and  a  chunk  of  ice  in  it  the  size  of  your  head 
and  a  low  stool,  spread  yourself  out,  and  bury  your  face  in  the  beer  and 
think  of  me."  (Laughter.)  He  says:  "Don't  take  your  face  away  or  wipe 
off  your  chin,    it  would  be  greater  than  the  crime  of  seventy-three." 

You  can  judge  by  my  emaciated  appearance  whether  I  followed  direc- 
tions or  not. 

There  were  many  instances,  and  I  tell  you  if  the  American  republic  en- 
dures a  thousand  years,  they  will  never  realize  the  singleness  of  purpose 
and  the  heroism  of  the  soldiers  of  the  United  States  army,  after  they  have 
been  waiting  for  thirty  .years  to  put  into  practice  what  for  thirty  years 
they  had  been  learning.  (Applause.)  Every  man  came  off  those  vessels 
with  a  Krag-Jorgensen  by  his  side  and  his  blanket  rolled  over  his  shoul- 
ders, three  days  rations  and  one  hundred  cartridges  in  his  belt,  with  as 
fixed  a  determination  to  start  toward  the  proposed  firing  line  of 
Santiago  as  if  he  already  had  had  orders  and  his  position  been  designated. 
There  will  never  be  greater  deeds  of  heroism  and  there  never  has  been  by 
American  soldiers  since  Washington's  men  left  the  bloody  imprints  of  their 
feet  in  the  snows  of  Valley  Forge.  (Applause.)  The  first  battles  of  the  re- 
public fought  by  the  regular  soldiers  cf  the  United  States  army  since  Scott 
and  Taylor  captured  the  City  of  Mexico,  more  than  fifty  years  before,  and 
one-fourth  of  all  that  number  were  black  men  and  all  under  the  command  of 
General   Joseph   Wheeler   of     the     South. 

Indeed  we  might  say  when  we  see  these  Southern  men  saying  forward 
to  the  Ninth  and  Tenth  Cavalry  and  the  Twenty-fourth  and  Twenty-fifth 
Infantry,  "now  let  the  thy  servant  depart  in  peace  as  in  the  fulfillment  of 
the  law."  If  there  is  a  preacher  here  I  would  thank  him  to  correct  my 
scripture. 

There  is  much  to  be  said  about  this  great  campaign  in  Cuba,  and  this  first 
ought  to  be  said,  that  that  battle  could  not  have  been  better  fought  by  living 
men  than  it  was  fought  under  the  command  of  Shafter.  (Applause.)  The 
greatest  criticism  that  could  be  said  would  be  that  a  man,  that  no  man 
weighing  three  hundred  and  twenty-fivb  pounds  had  any  business  in  that 
climate  under  any  circumstances,  and  the  only  marvel  is  that  he  lived;  with 
fever,  with  rheumatism,  with  every  known  ailment,  that  man  directed  the 
fight,'  but  the  God's  truth  is  it  did  not  need  anybody  to  direct  it.  There 
was  Chaffee  and  Hawkins  and  Kent  and  Betts  and  Sumner,  and  Capron's 
battery  and  Grimes'  battery,  and  the  coolness  and  the  determination  of  the 
men,  and  they  would  have  taken  Santiago  or  died  in  the  attempt,  but  if 
Shafter  and  every  other  commander  there  had  been  in  the  bottom  of  the 
Caribbean  sea  it  would  have  been  fought  just  the  same,  because  of  the  in- 
domitable  heroism   of   the  .men. 

War  was  a  new  enterprise  with  me,  and  I  remember   the  first  news  of 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CEREMONIES.  in 

the  battle.     Myself  and  an  old  friend,  who    accompanied     me     on    the    way 
doAvn  and  who  had  been  all  through  the   civil   war  and   had    been     in     the 
army  forty  years  and   was   then  on  the    retired    list,    were   sitting   in   a  va 
cant  bungalow  not  far  from  Daquiri,  where  we  landed,  for  the  name  is  Da- 
quiri   and   not   Baquiri,    as    Uncle    Sam's  maps  have   it;    it   is   owned   by   the 
Spanish-American  Iron  Company,  and  the  name  is  Daquiri.     We  were  there 
when  Cal  Brice  and  a  captain  whose  name    I    have    forgotten,    came    riding 
out  with  horses  covered  with  foam  and  perspiration  and  all  having  the  ap- 
pearance of  excitement,  and  we  went  out,   and  they  told  us  that  harrowing 
tale  of  the  fight   back  in  the  woods  where    the    Spanish    had     been     driven 
away  from  our  landing  place  and  had  attacked     Roosevelt's   Rough   Riders 
and  the  First  cavalry  and  others  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Wood  in 
one  column  and   General  Wheeler  in   the    other,    and    had    surprised      them 
and    they   had    literally    slaughtered   the    entire    command,    or    the    heads    of 
their  columns.     Although   depressed   with  heat,  we  started  pell  mell  for  that 
battlefield  as  you  would  go  to  a  fire  in  Omaha,  out  of  curiosity;  we  forgot 
being  tired,  and  we  got  up  there  and  found  the  place  strewn  with  dead  and 
Avounded  men.     Myself  and  others  propped  Marshall  of  the  New  York  Jour- 
nal up,  had  a  bullet  through  him,  while  he  dictated  a  last  letter  to  his  wife 
and  made  his  will.     We  assisted  the  wounded    down    to    Sibonev      and     the 
next  morning  we  gathered  there  and  buried    the    dead.      Sixteen    Americans 
were  laid  in  that  grave,  one  grave,  on    which  we  laid   this   tall  guana  grass 
to  make  it  soft  and  gentler  for  the  boys    in    their    last    sleep,    rolling    them 
first   m    their  blankets   and    then   we    covered    them   over   with   guana   gra=s 
and  then  with  a  foot  of  black  loam,   the  richest  soil  in  the   world    to  pro- 
tect them  from  the   ever  present  buzzard,  and  then  Chaplain  Vanderwater 
of  the  Seventy-first  New  York  took  his  place  at  the  head  of  the  grave  and 
read  a  chapter  from   the  New  Testament,  and  the  newspaper  men  and  sol- 
diers  gathered    there    started    "Nearer  My  God   to   Thee,"   while     we     stood 
with   bared   heads   in   the   tropical    sun.    It  was  the  first  tragic  touch  of  war 
and  It  was  new  to  most  of  us,  we  knew  nothing  about  it,  and  during  these 
solemn  proceedings  I  wondered  if  it  was    right    to    invade    an     alien     shore 
even  in  the   name  of  better  things   and   better   promises   and    better   hopes' 
I  need  not  go  further.     I  believe  the  war  has  been  worth  all  it  cost.     It  has 
placed  the  old  flag  on  every  court  house  of  the  South;    it  has   placed  a  lit- 
tle  flag  on   the   lappels  of  all   the   summer   girls   and    the    matrons     of     the 
South,    and   for  the   first   time    since   I860  it  has  placed  the  old  star  spangled 
banner  on  the  capitol  at  Richmond.     It  has  bridged  the  bloody  chasm  that 
stood   open   for  thirty-five   years.     It  has    sent    the    sons   of   Lee    and    Grant 
into  the  same  conflict  and  on  the  same  side.     It  has  made'  us  a  united  re- 
public, and  if  we  go  and  extend  the  helping  hand  of  friendship  and  moral- 
ity and  education  and  religion  to  the  black   people   of  Cuba  and   Porto   Rico 
and   the   Philippines  and   bring  them   up  to  a  higher  standard  of  civilization 
is  It  not  possible  that  we  are  doing  more  for  these  people  than  we  are   for 
ourselves? 

And  where  we  are  standing  around  our  own  street  corners  quarre'ing 
as  to  whether  we  are  to  have  dollars  of  a  certain  weight  or  a  certain  other 
weight.  Is  it  not  better  then  and  is  it  not  just  at  the  time  when  Ameri- 
ca's hands  were  empty  and  we  had  conquered  our  own  wildernesses,  and 
bridged  our  own  streams  and  tunnelled  our  own  mountains,  and  there  was 
no  further  progress  in  our  own  land  unless  we  countermarched  and  looked 
by  the  right  and  by  the  left  to  see  if  we  had  omitted  anything  in  our  former 
march.  (Applause.)  Has  it  not  come  about  in  God's  Providence  that  these 
new  fields  for  the  resistless,  immeasurably  restless  energy  of  the  American 
people  to  reach  out  in  other  lands  and  do  other  things  for  humanity.  And 
what  are  we  here  for?  When  we  are  uplifting  other  men  are  we  not  at 
the  same  time  uplifting  ourselves.  God  is  smiling  on"  this  great  conquest, 
and  has  smiled  on  it  from  Dewey's  first  shot  until  the  last,  in  front  of  San- 
tiago and  back  of  it.  Never  such  a  war  fought  at  so  little  cost;  never  an 
accident  happened  that  has  not  been  on  our  side.  Every  unexpected  thing 
has  been  in  favor  of  Uncle  Sam.  The?e  things  do  not  happen  by  accident. 
They  are  intentional.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  pbwer  that  rules  all  things 
to  give   this  great  people   these   new    o  pportunities    in    these    different    parts 


lis  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

of  the  world.  And  if  I  should  live  a  thousand  years  I  will  never  forget 
when  we  laid  off  the  harbor  of  Daquiri  after  the  bombai'dment  at  a  quar- 
ter after  five  on  the  21st  day  of  June,  after  the  landing  had  begun  and 
seventeen  thousand  had  been  put  on  shore,  we  noticed  on  the  precipitous 
mountain  in  full  view  of  all,  three  American  soldiers  climbing  up  there 
through  that  dense  menagua,  to  place  the  old  flag  on  that  height,  and  in 
less  than  ten  minutes  the  old  Star  Spangled  Banner  was  waving  from  the 
flagstaff  that  had  been  erected  by  Spain;  then  all  the  ships  that  had  guns 
fired,  and  all  the  young  soldiers  that  had  not  landed  were  up  in  the  rigging, 
and  wherever  they  could  get  a  foothold  and  hanging  by  spars  and  ropes, 
and  the  cheering  was  taken  up  from  ship  to  ship,  and  then  the  bands  took 
a  turn,  and  the  old  "Star  Spangled  Banner"  and  "America"  and  "Dixie" 
struck  up,  and  the  enthusiasm  reached  ninety  degrees  in  the  shade,  and 
the  blood  coursed  through  the  veins  with  irresistible  energy,  when  all  of  the 
bands  by  common  consent  played  "There  Will  Be  a  Hot  Time  in  the  Old 
Town   Tonight."     (Applause.) 

This  great  enterprise  is  but  characteristic  of  the  American  people,  and 
also  emphasizes  the  fact  that  the  American  hands  are  nearly  out  of  some- 
thing to  do,  otherwise  we  would  not  devote  ourselves  to  bickerings  and 
quarreling  about  this  thing  and  that,  and  these  other  enterprises  come  in  in 
time  to  meet  this  universal  demand,  and  it  has  been  a  wonderful  war,  for 
a  great  purpose.  It  has  accomplished  great  things,  and  it  has  caused 
great  sufferings,  as  all  wars  must  do,  but  it  has  placed  Uncle  Sam  and 
John  Bull  arm  in  arm,  and  the  two  great  English  speaking  nations  are 
one  in  heart  and  sentiment,  and  when  they  start  out  on  a  great  enterprise 
there  is  scarcely  any  other  great  combination  that  dare  tread  upon  the 
tails  of  their  coats. 

Uncle  Sam  and  John  Bull,  two  great  civilizers  of  the  world  to  be,  the 
great  promoters  of  commerce,  and  as  a  consequence  all  other  good  things 
that  follow  along  with  it.  Long  may  they  reign,  and  long  may  our  mutual 
enterprises   progress.     (Applause.) 

The  Chairman — This  is  the  last  time  I  shall  call  upon  the  quartet.  I 
hope  they  will  indulge  us  once  more.  If  they  happen  to  have  a  patriotic 
air   in   the   number,    that  they   can   give  us,   we  will  be   obliged. 

The  quartet  sang  "Oh,   Say,   Can  You   See  by  the  Dawn's   Early  Light." 

The  Chairman — Gentlemen,  with  one  more  toast  we  will  bring  the  ex- 
ercises to  a  close.  Before  doing  that  I  want  to  return  the  thanks  of  the 
Iowa  Commission  to  President  Wattles  and  to  each  member  of  the  Board 
of  Directory  for  the  very  fine  way  in  which  you  have  handled  all  the  dif- 
ficult things  that  we  have  brought  before  you,  without  any  complaint,  and 
with  uniform  good  feeling.  You  have  made  us  feel  at  all  times  perfectly 
at  home  in  this  enterprise.  To  the  other  gentlemen  that  have  come  here  to- 
night, and  especially  to  those  that  have  favored  us  with  most  interesting  re- 
marks, the  Commission  also  desires  to  return  their  warmest  thanks;  and  to 
those  other  gentlemen  here  who  could  have  responded  most  gracefully 
and  earnestly  and  patriotically,  had  we  only  a  little  more  time  to  have 
given  them  also,  we  return  the  thanks  of  our  Commission.  I  will  give  you 
now,  in  closing,  this  wi'l  be  the  last,  a  toast  to  those  that  are  not  here,  "The 
Blessed  Ones,  the  Ladies,"  and  will  call  on  Congressman  Mercer  to  respond. 

CONGRESSMAN    DAVID    H.    MERCER. 

Mr  Toastmaster  and  Gent'emen — A  few  years  ago  I  stood  on  Tenth 
street,  in  this  city,  it  was  a  summer  evening,  the  merchants  were  standing 
out  in  front  looking  for  a'r  and  looking  for  trade.  A  man,  minus  a  leg, 
came  hobbling  up  Tenth  street.  He  was  on  crutches;  he  came  to  a  cloth- 
ing store,  and  he  says:  "Have  you  any  one  legged  pants."  And  the  man 
says:  "No,  sir;  we  do  not  keep  anything  of  the  sort  in  our  store."  The  man 
next  door,  who  was  also  in  the  clothing  business,  heard  the  inquiry,  rush- 
ed to  the  rear  end  of  his  store,  took  down  a  pair  of  pantaloons,  which  he 
thought  would  fit  the  man  on  crutches.  He  took  back  a  pair  of  shears  and 
cut  off  one  leg  from  the  pantaloones.  Ihen  he  put  them  back  on  the  counter 


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and  he  rushed  to  the  front  door.  The  cripple  by  that  time  had  got  in 
front  of  his  place,  and  he  says:  "How  do  you  do,  sir;  have  you  any  one 
leg-ged  pants?"  "Yes,"  he  said;  I  always  keep  in  stock  everything-  my  cus- 
tomers ask  for."  The  one  legged  man  went  into  the  store,  went  back  to 
the  rear  end,  and  the  merchant,  in  all  confidence,  took  down  the  pair  of 
pantaloons  and  shook  them  out  and  immediately  saw  that  he  had  cut  off 
the  wrong  leg.  Now,  I  think  Governor  Packard,  in  assigning  me  to  this 
loast  has  cut  off  the  wrong  leg.  There  was  a  time  in  my  experience  when, 
so  far  as  ladies  are  concerned,  I  dealt  in  the  plural,  but  I  am  married 
now,    and    j'ou    know   what    that    mears. 

After  listening  to  the  remarkable  address  by  our  friend  and  every- 
body's friend,  Mr.  Lafe  Young  of  Iowa,  we  are  more  thankful  than  ever 
that  we  have  ladies  on  earth,  because  were  it  not  for  a  lady,  he  would 
not  have  been  here,  and  he  could  not  have  given  us  that  remarkable  ad- 
dress. Were  it  not  for  the  ladies  none  of  us  would  be  here  and  have  the 
pleasure  of  being  the  guests  of  such  hospitable  men  as  those  who  come 
from  Iowa  to  visit  us  in  Nebraska.  Were  it  not  for  the  ladies  we  would  not 
have  had  the  p'.easure  of  listening  to  all  the  remarkable  speeches  made  here 
this  evening,  or  listening  to  the  splendid  music  or  partaken  of  this  excel- 
lent food. 

And  your  toastmaster  would  have  shown  wisdom  in  the  assignment  of 
this  toast  if  he  had  called  upon  Mr.  Rosewater  of  the  Bee,  or  Mr.  Dawson 
of  the  Des  Moines  Leader,  or  my  friend  Judge  Wright  of  Council  Bluffs, 
for  they  are  all  ladies'  men;  they  could  give  you  pointers  that  I  know  lit- 
tle about  in  reference  to  the  ladies.  Even  my  friend  Senator  Allen  might 
have  discoursed  a  little  bit  when  he  took  the  floor  and  talked  to  you  and  de- 
voted part  of  his  time  to  the  subject  of  ladies,  because  he  and  my  friend 
Thurston  this  afternoon  were  enjoying  the  inidway,  and  had  it  not  been  for 
the  ladies  they  could  not  have  had  any  fun  in  the  streets  of  Cairo  and  the 
Streets  of  all  Nations. 

I  remember,  some  years  ago,  in  Massachusetts,  a  lady  sitting  in  a  coach 
Across  the  way  a  gentleman  who  kept  looking  at  that  lady  time  and  time 
again,  and,  finally,  he  got  up  and  wer.t  over  to  her  and  says:  "I  beg  your 
pardon,  madam,  but  I  think  I  know  you:  your  name,  please."  She  says: 
"Lydia  Pinkham  is  my  name."  He  l-ad  seen  the  cut  in  the  newspapers  so 
often  that  he  thought  he  knew  the   lady. 

Two  ladies  sitting  in  a  Pullman  car.  One  complained  that  the  car  was 
close;  the  other  lady  complained  there  was  too  much  draft  in  the  Pullman. 
Finally,  the  lady  who  did  not  have  air,  not  finding  the  porter,  pushed  up 
the  inside  window,  and  she  sat  back  and  breathed  the  air.  The  lady, 
across  from  her,  who  complained  there  Avas  a  draft,  said:  "I  wish  you 
would  put  that  window  down,  because  I  am  catching  cold  from  the  draft." 
And  the  altercation  grew  and  attracted  the  attention  of  the  conductor  who 
came  to  see  what  the  difficulty  was.  And  the  lady  looking  for  air  said:  "I 
opened  the  window  to  get  air  because  it  is  too  close  in  here."  And  the  lady 
across  from  her  says:  "I  wish  she  would  put  it  down;  I  am  catching 
cold."  The  conductor  says:  "Those  are  double  windows  in  this  car,  and 
neither  one  is  relieved  and  neither  ore  has  any  complaint."  If  it  were  not 
for  the  ladies  we  would  not  have  such  pleasantries  as  this  upon  the  rail- 
roads  of  this   country. 

Mr.  Toastmaster,  if  it  were  not  for  the  ladies  some  of  us  would  stay 
out  a  good  deal  later  than  we  do.  If  it  were  not  for  the  ladies  civilization 
would  be  a  good  deal  worse  off  than  it  is  today,  and  in  nine  cases  out  of 
ten  if  mankind  will  confine  itself  to  the  sociable  and  its  associations  to 
places  where  ladies  are  the  world  will  be  all  the  better  for  it. 

It  is  a  pleasant  entertainment  to  meet  around  a  banquet  board  like  this, 
and  it  is  fitting  upon  occasions  of  th"s  kind  that  we  should  remember  that 
we  have  intimate  friends,  that  we  have  our  wives  and  our  sisters,  and  our 
daughters  at  home,  and  they  are  entitled  to  our  thoughts,  even  in  the 
highest  moments  of  our  hilarity.     They  are   the    corner   stones   of   our   up- 


120  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

building.  To  them  are  we  anchored  and  in  many  cases  whenever  we  meet 
with  success  in  this  life  we  can  ascribe  most  of  that  success  to  the  influ- 
ence of  ladies. 

Mr.  Toastmaster,  it  was  before  the  prohibition  scare  when  I  came  to 
Nebraska.  My  father  and  mother  stopped  in  Benton  County,  Iowa,  long 
enough  to  let  me  see  the  first  light  of  day,  and  it  is  not  strange,  Gover- 
nor Saunders,  that  I  have  affection  and  friendship  for  the  State  of  Iowa, 
and  we  in  Nebraska  admire  that  magnificent  State,  the  great  State  Uni- 
versity, her  other  great  educational  institutions,  her  remarkable  newspa- 
pers,  her  big   broad   manhood,   her  statesmen   and   her  splendid  citizenship. 

And  this  Exposition,  Mr.  Toastmaster,  is  indebted  to  Iowa  as  much  as 
to  any  other  State,  because  Senator  Allison  and  Senator  Gear  helped  us  in 
the  Senate  every  day  and  hour  when  the  bill  was  before  Congress,  and  Con- 
gressman Dolliver,  upon  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee,  never  let  an  op- 
portunity pass  by  but  what  he  would  give  us  his  assistance  and  his  coun- 
sel. This  is  our  neighboring  State,  and  I  say,  Mr.  Toastmaster,  it  is  well 
for  us  to  be  friendly  in  the  years  to  come.  When  the  people  of  Omaha 
started  this  Exposition  Council  Bluffs  joined  hands,  and  we  had  no  more 
loyal  friend,  Mr.  Wattles,  than  Council  Bluffs  in  all  the  struggles,  and  the 
ladies  of  Council  Bluffs  joined  with  the  ladies  of  Omaha  to  make  this  Ex- 
position the  great  and  grand  success  that  it  is.     (Applause.) 

Mr.  Toastmaster,  it  is  late;  we  have  had  a  splendid  time,  and  I  think 
any  one  who  would  attempt  to  command  too  much  of  your  attention  af- 
ter listening  to  the  splendid  speeches  we  have  had  thus  far  this  evening 
would  be  committing  a  crime.  And  I  thank  you  very  much,  I  assure  you. 
(Applause.) 

On  the  morning  of  the  21st,  a  number  of  bands  arrived,  concerts  were 
given  at  the  Iowa  Building  during  the  entire  day  and  evening. 

A  procession  was  formed  in  the  city,  composed  of  Governor  Leslie  M. 
Shaw,  mounted,  attended  by  Adj.  Gen.  Melville  H.  Byers  and  members 
of  the  Governor's  staff,  and  State  Oflficers.  Governor  Holcomb  of  Nebraska 
and  staff,  President  Wattles  and  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Board  of  Management  of  the  Exposition,  the  orator  of  the  day,  Hon. 
Robert  G.  Cousins,  Congressman  Fifth  Congressional  District,  of  Iowa, 
and  others  that  were  to  participate  in  the  program,  with  numerous  Iowa 
Bands  of  Music,  followed  by  a  large  delegation  from  Council  Bluffs,  in- 
cluding companies  of  cadets.  This  splendid  representation  was  escorted 
by  the  Iowa  Agricultural  College  Cadets,  Commanded  by  Col.  Herman 
Knapp   with  Agricultural  College   Band  acting  as  escort  to  the  Governor. 

They  proceeded  to  the  main  entrance  of  the  Exposition  Ground  on  the 
east  side  of  Sherman  Avenue,  where  they  were  met  by  Major  Clarkson, 
General  Manager  of  the  Exposition,  and  were  conducted  by  him  to  the 
Iowa  State  Building,  thence  through  the  Exposition  Grounds  to  the  Audi- 
torium, where  thousands  of  Iowa  citizens  had  assembled  awaiting  the  ar- 
rival of  the  distinguished  party  who  were  to  take   part   in   the   program. 

Vice  President  Allan  Dawson  of  the  Iowa  Commission,  acted  as  Chair- 
man,   introduced   the   speakers  and    the  following  program  was  given: 

PROGRAM . 
Auditorium,   2:30  P.  M.  September   21,    1898. 
IOWA  STATE  DAY. 

1— Organ  Voluntary. 

2— Introductory  Address,   Vice  President  Allan  Dawson. 
o_overture,  "The  Wizard  of  the  West,"  Ladies'  Band  of  Eldora. 
4 — Invocation. 

5_Violin  Solo,  a  Legende,  H.  Wiennanski;  b  Polonaise,  Miska  Hauser, 
Lucile    Franchere,    Earl   Byers,    Accompanist. 

6— Address,   His  Excellency,   Leslie  M.  Shaw,  Governor  of  Iowa. 
7_Solo,    "Delight,"   Nellie   Mae  Brewster. 


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8 — Address,  Gurdon  W.  Wattles,  President  Trans-Mississippi  and  Inter- 
national Exposition. 

9 — Vocal  Solo,  "Star  Spangled  Banner,"  Mary  Theresa  Louthan.  Audi- 
ence will  join  in  chorus. 

10 — Oration,  Hon.  Robert  G.  Cousins. 

11 — Quickstep,  "Uncle  Remus,"  Barnard.  Iowa  Agricultural  College 
Cadet    Band. 

ADDRESS,  GOVERNOR  LESLIE  M.  SHAW. 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  Citizens  and  Friends  of  Iowa: 

"Not  many  generations  ago,  in  the  place  where  you  now  sit,  encircled 
by  all  that  exalts  and  embellishes  civilized  life,  the  rank  thistle  nodded  in 
the  breeze,  and  the  wild  fox  digged  his  hole  unscared."  So  said  Charles 
Sprague  three-quarters  of  a  century  ago,  and  the  utterance  is  as  true  when 
applied  to  the  land  of  the  Omahas  as  to  the  land  of  the  Wampanoags. 

We  meet  this  day  as  citizens  of  Iowa,  on  the  soil  of  a  sister  State,  for 
no  idle  purpose.  The  people  of  Iowa  are  not  idlers,  but  the  day  will 
have  been  lost  to  us  and  to  our  children  unless  what  is  here  said,  and 
done,  and  witnessed,  and  enjoyed  shall  bring  greater  thoughtfulness  and 
increased  earnestness.  The  half  century  and  two  years  since  the  admis- 
sion of  Iowa  added  the  twenty-ninth  star  to  the  flag  which  has  now  be- 
come the  protector  of  the  world  have  wrought  great  changes.  Most  of 
the  improvements  of  earth,  most  of  the  progress  in  the  arts  and  sciences, 
most  of  the  advance  in  civilization,  have  been  wrought  within  the  period  of 
our  State  history.  Time  would  not  permit,  if  the  inclination  were  present, 
to  recount  the  achievements  in  the  political,  industrial,  financial,  agricul- 
tural, mechanical,  scientific,  educational,  religious  or  moral  world.  Suffice 
it  to  say  that  in  all  of  these  Iowa  has  rendered  her  full  share  of  service,  and 
has  reaped  her  full  measure  of  blessing.  We  can  well  afford  to  leave  to 
others  the  study  of  the  past.  Let  it  be  ours  manfully  to  face  the  future, 
now  more  than  ever  big  with  possibilities,  and  .  with  careful  glance  ahead 
improve  the  present. 

In  all  the  grand  exhibit  of  this  remarkable  Exposition  there  is  not  found 
that  for  which  our  State  has  greatest  reason  to  rejoice.  The  product  of  the 
farm,  of  the  orchard,  of  the  garden,  of  the  herd,  of  the  dairy,  of  the  factory, 
of  the  mine  are  here  in  great  quantity  and  of  superb  quality.  Truly  Iowa  is 
great  in  territory,  great  in  resources,  great  in  product,  but  she  is  greatest 
of  all  in  her  children.  There  is  presented  to  my  eye  from  th>3  platform 
that  which  is  infinitely  more  valuable  than  all  herds  and  all  harvests. 
I  see  scattered  through  this  audience  many  of  the  youth  of  Iowa.  They 
are  from  the  city,  from  the  town,  from  the  hamlet,  and  from  the  Iowa 
farm.  They  ai-e  representatives  of  an  aggregate  of  seven  hundred  thous- 
and of  school  age,  and  of  an  equal  number  who  have  just  passed  from 
educational  tuition  to  face  the  activities,  the  anxieties,  and  the  achieve- 
ments of  manhood  and  womanhood.  These  all  belong  to  a  generation 
which  will  surely  be  heard  from.  Their  fathers  and  mothers  have  been 
industrious,  have  been  ambitious,  have  been  hopeful,  and  have  been  suc- 
cessful. A  generation  thus  circumstanced  is  always  potential.  Dr.  Strong 
tells  of  a  township  in  the  western  reserve  which  was  settled  with  an 
energetic,  liberty-loving,  God-fearing,  educationally-inclined  people,  and 
which  in  a  limited  period'furnlshed  many  members  of  the  State  Legislature. 
From  that  community  of  only  a  few  hundred  inhabitants  men  went  forth  to 
college  professorships  east  and  west,  to  the  supreme  bench  of  the  State, 
and  to  the  United  States  Congress.  Northampton,  Mass.,  has  among  its 
native  and  resident  population  over  four  hundred  graduates  from  colleges 
and  other  educational  institutions;  it  has  furnished  the  world  with  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  ministers,  eighty-four  ministers'  wives,  ten  mission- 
aries, twenty-five  judges,  one  hundred  and  two  lawyers,  ninety-five  physi- 
cians,   seven  college  presidents,    thirty  professors,    sixty-four     other     educa- 


122  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

tors,  twenty-four  editors,  six  historians,  twenty-four  authors,  two  gov- 
ernors, and  thirty  other  State  officers,  twenty-five  members  of  the  State 
General  Court,  as  the  Legislature  is  styled,  two  generals,  six  colonels, 
thirteen  other  army  officers,  thirty-eight  officers  of  the  United  States, 
among  them  a  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  two  Foreign  Ministers,  a  Treasurer 
of  the  United  States,  five  Senators  of  the  United  States,  eight  Members  of 
Congress  and  one  President.  If  a  territory  six  miles  square,  under  favor- 
able conditions  can  make  such  a  record,  what  may  we  not  hopefully  ex- 
pect from  a  territory  containing  fifty-five  thousand  square  miles,  all  of  it 
similarly  peopled,  and  with  conditions  more  favorable  than  Massachusetts 
ever  enjoyed  or  Ohio  ever  possessed. 

"Know  thyself,"  said  the  Greek  philosopher.  "Know  thine  opportunity" 
has    become    a   companion    and    equally  important  maxim. 

When  you  go  home  tonight  tell  the  children  that  the  world  is  big  and 
constantly  expanding;  that  this  day's  experience  has  broadened  your 
vision;  that  life  has  become  more  real  and  hope  more  ardent;  and  that 
both  j'ou  and  the  world,  and  especially  the  States  expect  something  of 
them.  Wake  the  boy  in  the  night,  break  in  upon  his  dreams  with  stories 
of  hopeful  possibilities;  watch  the  fire  kindle  in  his  eye;  then  let  him 
dream  again  of  greater  things,  of  broader  expanses,  of  higher  altitudes,  of 
nobler  achievements.  Neglect  neither  seed  time  nor  harvest;  watch  the 
growing  and  maturing  crops;  succor  and  protect  both  flocks  and  herds; 
zealously  guard  the  interests  of  the  shop  and  the  store  and  the  ofl^ce;  but, 
above  all,  look  well  to  the  youth  of  Iowa,  and  to  all  things  that  shall  con- 
serve the  generation  whose  footsteps  crowd  the  threshold  of  the  world's  ac- 
tivities. 


PRESIDENT  WATTLES'  WELCOME. 

In  the  welcome  he  extended  on  behalf  of  the  Exposition  Management 
President  Wattles  declared  that  Iowa  is  the  finest  agricultural  State  in 
the  Union.  It  has  a  smaller  percentage  of  untillable  land  than  any 
other  territory  in  the  world.  It  has  a  smaller  percentage  of  illiteracy 
and  fewer  criminals.  This  condition  he  charged  to  the  fact  that  farm- 
ing was  the  principal  vocation  of  the  State's  people.  Agriculture  breeds 
virtue  and  contentment  and  this  influence  is  apparent  in  the  Hawkeye 
State.  There  are  no  large  cities  to  draw  the  people  into  faster  living 
and  to  inspire  them  with  the  greed  for  gain. 

There  was  a  special  reason,  President  Wattles  said,  why  this  occasion 
had  more  of  pleasure  for  him  than  other  events  of  like  character,  for  he 
was  extending  a  greeting  to  his  old  associates  and  neighbors.  It  was  with 
pride  that  he  referred  to  a  residence  in  Iowa  covering  a  period  of  his  early 
manhood,  and  it  was  at  that  time  that  he  came  to  know  and  love  the  peo- 
ple of  Iowa.  The  population  of  the  State  was  of  a  singularly  sturdy,  pro- 
gressive and  intelligent  character  and  in  respect  to  these  qualities  un- 
surpassed  by   the    people   of   any   other  commonwealth. 

The  chapters  that  Iowa  has  added  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
west  were  among  the  most  important  and  instructive  in  the  annals  of 
the  whole  Trans-Mississippi  region.  He  cheerfully  gave  to  Iowa  the  credit 
of  being  the  first  State  to  pass  an  appropriation  for  the  Exposition  and  on 
behalf  of  the  management  he  bore  testimony  to  the  support  w^hich  the 
State  had  from  the  first  and  constantly  given  to  the  great  enterprise.  He 
reminded  the  people  of  the  State  of  the  intelligent  and  effective  adminis- 
tration of  the  Commission,  and  mentioned  the  handsome  State  Building 
and  the  splendid  exhibits  as  affording  ocular  proof  that  this  commenda- 
tion was  well  deserved. 

Continuing  the  speaker  dwelt  on  the  hardships  and  difficulties  that 
were  encountered  in  the  pioneer  life  of  the  State.  Their  struggles  with 
these   conditions   left   the   people   inured  to  hardship   and  able   to   fully   ap- 


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predate  the  luxuries  and  conveniences  that  came  with  civilization.  How 
gladly  the  settlers  who  hauled  their  wheat  200  miles  to  market  and  then 
«old  it  for  40  cent-5  a  bushel  welcomed  the  scream  of  th.i  eng-)iie  and  the 
approach  of  the  railroads.  It  is  no  wonder,  he  declared,  that  the  people 
of    such   a   State    should   be    intelligent,  prosperous  and  happy. 

In  conclusion  he  assured  the  visitors  that  they  are  equal  partners  in 
the  enterprise  and  cordially  urged  them  to  make  themselves  at  home  m 
the   magnificent   White    City    that    they  had  helped  to  build. 

ADDRESS  BY  ROBERT  G.  COUSINS,  M.  C,  AT  OMAHA. 

Delivered   at    the    Trans-Mississippi    and    International    Exposition, 

Sept.  21. 

lOW^A  DAY,   1898. 

The  State  of  Iowa  accepts  with  fraternal  gladness  the  hospitable  hand 
of  greeting  extended  by  Nebraska  and  our  other  sister  States  m  this 
great  empire  of  the  pioneers  and  salutes  with  reverent  patriotism  the  fed- 
eral   government    of   the   United   States. 

In  the  words  of  that  original  and  poetic  genius,  "Ironquill,"  who  has 
voiced  so  well  the  thought  and  feelings  of  our  westland,  and  who  has  made 
the   name   of  Kansas   known  forever   in  the  world  of  letters: 

States  are  not  great 
Except  as  men  may  make  them. 
Men   are  not  great  except  they   do  and  dare. 

*  *  *  * 

All  merit  comes  from  braving   the  unequal. 
All    glory    comes    from    daring    to    begin. 

I  have  asked  five  of  the  ablest  and  most  noted  Americans  what  they 
regard  as  the  chief  thing  or  leading  feature  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  re- 
gion and  they  have  invariably  answered,  "Its  men  and  women."  The  other 
day  I  met  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  of  eastern  Iowa— one  of  those  original, 
rugged  characters  whose  wit  and  wisdom  has  lightened  the  settlers'  hearts 
and  homes  for  many  a  toilsome  year— one  of  those  interesting  characters 
who  never  bores  you  and  whom  one  always  likes  to  meet— a  man  whose 
head  is  silvered  and  whose  countenance  is  kind— and  I  asked  him  what  he 
regarded  as  the  principal  feature  of  our  Trans-Mississippi  country,  and  he 
replied:  "Well,  I'm  no  scholar,  but  I've  been  round  here  nigh  onto  sixty 
years  and  I  reckon  'bout  the  most  important  thing  is  the  folks  and  the 
farms." 

While  you  rest  here  a  little  while  in  this  splendid  auditorium  before 
going  to  view  the  wonders  and  the  beauties  of  the  Exposition  (and  inci- 
dentally the  Midway)  I  shall  speak  briefly  of  the  folks  and  farms  of  my 
native  State  of  Iowa  and  of  this  empire  of  the  pioneers.  In  doing  so, 
I  have  some  hesitation,  realizing  as  I  do  that  there  are  doubtless  those  in 
this  vast  audience  who  were  contemporaries  with  my  grandfathers  in  the 
early  settlement  of  Iowa  away  back  In  the  thirties,  and  who  are  far  better 
qualified  to  tell  the  tale  of  toil  and  triumph  which  is  the  glory  and  the 
honor  of  our  birthland.  In  such  a  discussion,  I  feel  as  though  I  was 
standing  on  the  bank  of  a  magnificent  stream  in  the  hearing  of  patriarchs 
and  pilgrims  who  have  traveled  from  its  source.  I  can  look  at  its  swift 
flowing  current  and  think  of  the  scenes  by  which  it  has  swept  in  its  lone- 
ly way  from  the  wilds  where  it  started;  I  can  remember  with  you  the 
roaming  red  man  who  watched  with  jealous  eye  the  coming  of  this  An- 
glo-Saxon stream  of  civilization;  I  can  marvel  with  you  at  the  vastness 
of  the  products  of  its  soil,  watered  with  the  tears  of  happiness  and  toil; 
1  can  realize  with  you  the  ruggedness  and  patience  of  its  manhood  and 
the  strength  and  gentleness  of  its  womanhood,  but  of  its  landscape 
farther    up,    its    tributaries    and    its    cabins,   its  haunts  and  huts  and  won- 


124  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

ders,  its  picturesqueness  of  primeval  life,  the  story  is  far  better  told  by 
him  whose  tired  feet  have  trudged  along  the  way,  whose  hands  have 
toiled  and  whose  hair  has  turned  to  gray. 

Iowa  became  a  separate  territory,  with  the  capital  at  Burlington,  ia 
1S3S,  and  was  admitted  into  the  Union  "in  1846,  and  has  been  in  it  ever 
since.  It  makes  little  difference  whether  it  was  first  settled  by  the 
whites  at  Dubuque  for  mining  purposes  in  1788,  or,  for  trading  purposes, 
at  Montrose,  in  1799,  or  opposite  Prairie  du  Chien,  in  1804  or  5,  or  in  Lee 
county  at  Sandusky  in  1820,  or  on  the  lower  rapids  at  what  is  now  known, 
as  Nashville,  in  1829;  or  whether  the  first  settlements  for  general  purposes 
were  made  at  Burlington  and  Davenport  in  1832.  The  main  facts  is  that 
it  was  well  settled — not  by  dyspeptic  tourists  nor  by  invalids  who  had 
come  west  out  of  curiosity  and  New  Jersey,  nor  by  climate  seeking  dilet- 
tanti with  two  servants  and  one  lung — but  by  the  best  bone  and  sinew 
of  the  Middle  States,  New  England  and  the  Old  World.  I  do  not  know 
that  there  were  any  dukes  or  lords  or  marquises  or  duchesses,  but  there 
were  Dutch  and  Irish  and  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  and  English  and  Am- 
ericans and  they  had  home  rule  right  from  the  start — at  least  they  had  in 
the  first  school  which  I  attended.  The  men  and  women  who  settled  the 
Hawkeye  State  were  not  those  who  expected  to  go  back  "in  the  fall,"  or  as 
soon  as  they  could  prove  up  on  their  claims.  They  were  stayers.  They 
were  not  men  to  be  discouraged  by  winter  or  by  work.  They  were  men 
who  knew  that  nobody  ever  amounted  to  much  in  this  world  unless  he  had 
to.  Most  of  them  began  simply  with  the  capital  of  honesty,  good  health 
and  their  inherent  qualities  of  character.  They  built  their  cabins  in  the 
clearings  and  watching  the  smoke  cuil  up  in  the  great  wide  sky,  felt  just 
as  patriotic  for  their  humble  rustic  homes  as  e'er  did  princes  for  their  cas- 
tles   or    millionaires    for    mansions    grand. 

To  build  a  home  is  a  great  thing.  It  doesn't  matter  so  much  about  the 
dimensions.  "Kings  have  lived  in  cottages  and  pygmies  dwelt  in  palaces," 
but  the  walls  of  a  home  always  add  something  to  inherent  character.  In 
the  formation  of  character  there  are  always  two  elements,  the  inherent  and 
the  adventitious — that  which  we  bring  with  us  into  the  world  and  that  which 
our  surroundings  give  us.  Somebody  said  "There  is  only  a  small  portion; 
of  the  earth  that  produces  splendid  people."  Our  pioneers  got  into  a  good 
place.  They  had  left  doubt  sitting  on  a  boulder  in  the  east  and  packed 
their  things  and  started  for  the  west.  Rivers  had  to  be  forded,  trees  to  be 
felled:  cabins  had  to  be  built— the  rifle  must  be  kept  loaded — so  much  the 
better,  there  was  self-reliance.  Corn  and  coffee  had  to  be  ground,  and' 
on  the  same  mill — so  much  the  better,  there  was  ingenuity.  Teeth  had 
to  be  filled,  and  there  was  no  painless  dentistry.  Disease  and  injury 
must  be  dealt  with,  and  the  doctor  fifty  miles  away.  Life  must  be 
lightened,  lonely  hearts  must  be  cheered,  and  the  old  friends  and  com- 
rades far  back  in  the  States  or  may  b?  away  in  the  Fatherland,  and  the 
cheering  letter  tarrying  with  the  belated  stage  coach — hold  fast,  thou 
sturdy  denizen  and  gentle  helpmate  of  the  rich  and  wondrous  empire,  in- 
finite goodness  guards  thee  and  the  fertile  fields  are  ready  to  reward! 

Ah,  pampered  people  of  the  later  generations,  when  you  imagine  mod- 
ern hardships,  think  of  the  courage  and  the  trials  and  the  ingenuity  of 
pioneers  when  there  were  no  conveniences  but  the  forest  and  the  axe.  the 
wide  rolling  prairie  and  the  ox  team,  the  great  blue  sky,  the  unsolved  fu- 
ture and  the  annual  ague!  Complain  of  markets  in  these  modern  times 
and  then  think  of  your  grandmother  when  she  was  a  blooming  bride,  lis- 
tening through  the  toilsome  days  and  anxious  nights  for  the  wagon 
bringing  home  the  husband  from  a  distant  market  with  calico  and  jeans 
purchased  with  dressed  pork  sold  a  dollar  and  a  half  a  hundred,  and' 
maybe  bringing  home  a  little  money,  worth  far  less  per  yard  than  either 
calico  or  jeans.  Maybe  it  was  all  for  the  best,  human  character  was 
being  formed  for  the  development  of  a  great  and  loyal  and  progressive  State 
to    shine    forever    among    the    stars    of  the  Federal  Union. 


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Probably  the  purest  time  in  the  history  of  grovernineuLs  and  of  men  is 
"When  they  are  painfully  intent  upon  the  labor  of  their  development  and 
■defense.  Most  all  greatness  and  nearly  every  original  idea  has  come  out 
of  some  kind  of  trouble.  Whoever  gets  to  greatness  or  success  without 
meeting  opposition,  goes  in  an  air  castle.  Most  of  the  flowers  of  genius 
have  bloomed  from  bleeding  hearts.  There  never  was  a  strong  and 
handsome  face  without  some  little  line  of  care.  And  so  every  circum- 
stance of  those  early,  toilsome  lives,  every  tedious  trail,  every  tear,  every 
home  whose  roof  kept  out  the  storm  and  whose  walls  contained  their  sor- 
rows and  their  joys;  all  the  gifts  of  a  generous  soil  in  return  for  careful 
cultivation;  every  irritating  inconvenience  which  finally  drove  some  ques- 
tioned mind  to  ponder  out  improvements,  all  such  experiences  are  as  cer- 
tain in  their  formation  and  development  of  character  and  mind  as  are 
inherent  qualities  that   accompany   the  origin  and  mystery  of  life. 

Somewhere  I  have  seen  an  etching  of  a  face  that  was  called  Experi- 
ence, and  I  have  never  forgotten  it — one  never  does  forget  a  face  that  has 
ideas  in  it.  This  one  was  the  illustrated  history  of  a  life.  There  was 
Youth  with  all  its  hope,  marked  here  and  there  with  all  the  lines  of 
strife  and  care  and  victory  which  middle  life  had  placed  upon  it.  And 
there  was  the  mystic  touch  of  later  years,  like  autumn's  pencil  work  in 
nature,  all  shaded  with  the  mellow  haze  of  time — a  kind  of  soft  and  sil- 
very veil  with  which  deft  nature  covers  up  her  glory — a  picture  penciled 
by  an  artist  with  an  tinderstanding  mind,  who  knew  his  subject  had 
thought  as  he  had  thought,  felt  as  he  had  felt,  dreamed  as  he  had  dreamed 
— a  kind  of  picture  that  one  sees  so  very  very  seldom,  only  as  often  as  one 
finds  genius — the  divine— and  I  thought  there  is  the  typical  picture  of  a 
pioneer  and  well  named  "Experience." 

Civil  government  in  Iowa  proceeded  with  its  rapid  settlement.  The  pio- 
neer became  a  model  citizen.  He  knew  the  necessity  for  the  laws  that  were 
enacted.  He  did  not  feel  oppressed  by  government.  He  had  experienced 
the  losses  of  robbery  and  larceny  and  knew  something  of  the  embarrass- 
ment and  inconvenience  of  being  scalped.  There  was  no  hysteria  about 
trusts  and  combines  because  they  had  practiced  combinations  themselves  for 
mutual  protection.  If  any  one  would  learn  the  true  genius  and  exempli- 
fication and  philosophy  of  self-government^  government  of  and  for  and  by 
the  people,  let  him  study  the  records  of  pioneer  life,  the  institutional  be- 
ginnings and  the  evolution  of  their  laws.  It  would  be  worth  our  while 
on  some  suitable  occasion  when  time  permitted  to  talk  over  the  inter- 
esting incidents  attending  the  administration  of  justice  in  the  early  days 
of  Iowa,  the  incidents  of  its  territorial  legislatures,  the  birth  and  growth  of 
its  Statehood  and  the  characters  of  its  officials.  But  the  greatness  of  our 
State  is  not  contained  in  any  name.  Its  official  history  is  the  expon- 
ent of  its  industrial  life  and  character.  Its  greatness  is  the  sum  total 
of  its  citizenship.  In  order  to  be  just,  John  Jones,  the  average  citizen, 
must  be  mentioned  along  with  our  most  illustrious  officials.  Somebody  said 
that  the  history  of  a  nation  is  the  history  of  its  great  men,  but  there  is 
an  unwritten  history  which  that  averment  overlooks.  The  growth  of  a 
State  is  the  progress  of  its  average  citizen.  The  credit  of  a  common- 
wealth is  the  thrift  of  its  John  Jones  and  William  Smith,  and  the  char- 
acter, prosperity  and  patriotism  of  the  individual  citizen  is  the  history  of 
Iowa . 

The  population  of  97,000  which  she  had  when  admitted  into  the  Union 
had  increased  to  754,699  at  the  close  of  the  Civil  war.  Of  these  about  70,- 
000.  almost  one-tenth  of  the  population,  were  in  the  war— a  number  equal 
to  nearly  one-half  the  voters  of  the  State.  Who  made  the  history  of  Iowa 
during  that  great  struggle  of  our  nation's  life?  John  Jones,  the  average 
citizen,  whether  he  carried  a  musket  helping  to  put  the  scattered  stars  of 
State  back  into  the  constellation  of  the  Union,  or  whether  he  toiled  from 
early  dawn   to  lingering  twilight   in  the    fields    or    in    the    shop.        The    best 


126  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

civilization  is  tliat  which  maintains  the     highest  standard    of     life    for     its 
average  citizen. 

Since  the  civil  war  the  State  of  Iowa  has  increased  in  population  to  al- 
most 2,225,000  of  people,  and  most  of  the  time  has  had  the  least  illiteracy  of 
any  State  in  the  Union.  Doubtless  for  that  we  are  indebted  to  many  of 
the  older  States,  whose  enterprising  and  courageous  citizens  constitute  so- 
large  a  portion  of  our  population.  With  but  half  a  century  of  statehood 
and  with  an  area  of  but  55,475  square  miles,  the  State  of  Iowa  produces  the 
greatest  quantity  of  cereals  of  any  State  in  the  Union.  As  long  ago  as  the 
last  federal  census,  taken  in  1890,  it  produced  more  corn,  more  oats,  more 
beef,  more  pork  than  any  State  in  the  Union.  Not  long  since  I  was  intro- 
duced to  a  gentleman  from  New  York  City.  He  said:  "Oh,  from  Iowa— 
ah— let  me  see,  that's  out— ah— you  see,  I'm  not  very  well  posted  on  the 
geography  of  the  West."  "Yes,"  I  said,  "it's  out  there  just  across  the  Mis- 
sissippi river.  You  can  leave  New  York  about  noon  and  get  your  supper 
in  Iowa  the  next  evening.  It  might  te  worth  your  while  to  look  it  up.  It's 
the  State  which  produces  more  of  the  things  which  people  eat  than  any 
other  State  in  the  Union.  It  has  more  miles  of  railroad  than  your  State 
of  New  York,  more  than  Mexico,  more  than  Brazil  and  more  than  all  the 
New  England  States  combined." 

The  value  of  Iowa's  agricultural  products  and  live  stock  in  round  num- 
bers for  the  year  1892  was  $407,000,000,  to  say  nothing  of  her  other  great  and 
various  industries  and  enterprises.  She  produced  that  year  160,000,000  lbs. 
of  the  best  butter  on  earth  of  the  value  of  $32,000,000.  The  Hawkeye  but- 
ter ladle  has  achieved  a  cunning  that  challenges  all  Columbia.  The  Iowa 
cow  has  slowly  and  painfully  yet  gradually  and  grandly  worked  her  way 
upward  to  a  shining  eminence  in  the  eyes  of  the  world.  The  State  of  Iowa 
has  on  her  soil  today,  if  nothing  ill  befalls  it,  ninety  million  dollars'  worth 
of  corn.  The  permanent  value  of  land  is  estimated  by  its  corn-producing 
qualities.  Of  all  the  products  of  the  earth,  corn  is  king  and  it  reigns  in 
Iowa. 

Industry  and  natui'e  have  made  the  State  of  Iowa  a  creditor.  Her  soil 
has  always  been  solvent  and  her  system  of  farming  does  not  tend  to  pau- 
perize it.  She  is  a  constant  seller,  and  therefore  wants  the  evidence  of  the 
transaction  to  be  unimpeachable.  She  has  more  school  teachers  than  any 
other  State  except  the  Empire  State  and  only  three  and  six-tenths  per 
cent  of  her  population  are  illiterate.  The  State  of  Iowa  has  yielded  the 
grandest  dividends  on  her  educational  investments.  She  has  become  illus- 
trious on  account  of  her  enlightenment.  She  has  progressed  further  from 
"primitive  indifferent  tissue"  than  the  land  even  of  Darwin  himself,  and  in 
her  escape  from  protoplasm  and  prejudice  she  is  practically  out  of  danger. 
Marked  out  in  the  beginning  by  the  hand  of  God,  bounded  on  the  east  and 
west  by  the  two  great  rivers  of  the  continent,  purified  and  stimulated  by 
the  snows  of  winter,  blessed  with  copious  rainfall  in  the  growing  season, 
with  generous  soil  and  stately  forests  interspersed,  no  wonder  that  the 
dusky  aborigines  exclaimed  when  they  crossed  the  Father  of  Waters, 
"loAva;  this  is  the  place!"  Not  only  did  the  red  man  give  our  State  its 
beautiful  and  poetic  name,  but  Indian  nomenclature  runs  like  a  I'omance 
throughout  the  counties  and  communities.  What  infinite  meaning,  what 
tokens  of  joy  and  sadness,  of  triumph  and  of  tears,  of  valor  and  of  van- 
qulshment,  of  life  and  love  and  song  there  may  be  in  these  wierd,  strange 
words  that  name  today  so  many  of  our  towns  and  streams  and  counties: 
Allamakee,  Chickasaw,  Dakota  City.^Sioux,  Pocahontas,  Winneshiek^,  Keo 
sauqua,  Sac,  Winnebago,  Tama,  Nodawa.  Compeine,  Chariton,  Commanche, 
Cherokee,  Waukon,  Muchakinock,  Washta,  Monona,  Waupeton,  Onawa, 
Keota,  Waudina,  loka,  Ottumwa,  Oneska,  Waukee,  Waucoma,  Nishnabotna, 
Keokuk.  Decorah,  Wapello.  Muscatine,  Maquoketa,  Mahaska,  Ocheyedan. 
Mississippi,  Appanoose,  Missouri,  Quas;iueton,  Anamosa,  Poweshiek,  Potta- 
wattamie,  Osceola,   Oskaloosa,  Wapsipinicon. 

Ere  long  some  westland  genius,   moved  by  the  mystic  inspiration  of  the 
rich  and  wonderous  heritage  of  Iowa  nativity,   may  sing  the   song  of  our  le- 


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gends  and  traditions,  may  voice  in  verse  the  wondrous  story  of  his  illus- 
trious State.  Maybe  somewhere  among  the  humble  homes  where  blood  and 
bone  and  brain  grow  pure  and  strong;  where  simple  food  with  frugal  ways 
feeds  wondering  minds  and  drives  them  craving  into  nature's  secrets  and 
her  songs — somewhere  along  the  settler's  pathway  or  by  the  Indian  trail 
where  now  the  country  churchyards  grown  with  uncut  grasses  hide  the 
forms  of  sturdy  ancestors  sleeping  all  in  peaceful  ignorance  of  wayward 
sons  or  wondrous  progeny — somewhere  where  rising  sun  beholds  the  peas- 
antry at  early  toil  and  leaves  them  in  the  mystic  twilight  ere  their  tasks  are 
done,  where  odors  of  the  corn  and  new-mown  hay  and  vine-clay  hedges 
by  the  shadowy  roadside  linger  long  into  the  night-time,  as  a  sweet  and  sa- 
cred balm  for  tired  hearts — somewhere  sometime  the  song  of  Iowa  shall  rise 
and  live,  and  it  will  not  omit  the  thought  of  that  gifted  son  who  said: 
"Iowa,  the  affections  of  her  people,  like  the  rivers  of  her  borders,  flow  to 
an  inseparable  union." 

And  now,  my  fellow  citizens,  a  word  about  our  great  Trans-Mississippi 
region,    the  empire   of  the   pioneers   and  of  our  country  and  its  future. 

We  have  on  this  side  of  the  Mississippi  river  an  area  of  2,143,155  square 
miles  of  land,  two  and  a  ciuarter  times  the  area  east  of  the  Mississippi. 
You  could  put  England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  the  German  Empire,  France, 
Austria,  Hungary,  Italy,  Spain  and  all  of  the  United  States  east  of  the 
Mississippi  into  this  Trans-Mississippi  territory  without  touching  Califor- 
nia or  Hawaii,  and  Admiral  Dewey  Avould  still  have  the  Pacific  ocean  and 
Manila,  with  rope  enough  to  lasso  and  hang  the  last  enemy  of  the  United 
States  and  civilization. 

The  population  east  of  the  Mississippi  in  1890  was  45,979,754,  having  in- 
creased eighteen  per  cent  in  the  ten  preceding  years.  The  population  west 
of  the  Mississippi  in  1890  w^as  16,642,496,  an  increase  of  ninety-three  per  cent 
in  the  preceding  decade.  The  wealth  per  capita  east  of  the  Mississippi  in- 
creased twenty-two  and  three-quarters  per  cent  from  1880  to  1890  and  in- 
creased sixty-nine  and  one-half  per  cent  west  of  the  Mississippi  in  the  same- 
decade. 

The  State  of  Minnesota  alone  produces  nearly  one-eighth  of  the  flour  of 
the  United  States  and  Texas  furnishes  one-fifth  of  the  cotton.  Iowa,  Kan- 
sas, Nebraska  and  Missouri  produce  nearly  half  of  the  entire  corn  product 
of  the  country,  over  one-fourth  of  the  beef  and  more  than  one-third  of  the 
pork.  No  other  territory  in  the  world  of  eciual  area  produces  so  much 
of  the  substantial   food  of  life. 

Being  a  perpetual  creditor,  on  account  of  its  vast  productions,  the- 
■western  region  and  all  its  States  have  a  common  interest  in  the  largest 
possible  employment  of  people  in  other  avocations  than  producing  food,  be- 
cause employment  not  only  creates  appetite,  but  likewise  the  financial  abil- 
ity to  satisfy  it.  The  western  region  and  its  many  States  also  have  a  com- 
mon interest  in  honesty.  Having  given  their  labor  for  a  large  increase  in 
wealth  per  capita— the  largest  of  any  section  of  the  country— they  are  natur- 
ally interested  in  maintaining  it.  No  one  has  a  greater  interest  in  the  vest- 
ed value  of  a  dollar  than  he  who  has  exchanged  his  labor  and  his  products 
for  it,  or  who  has  a  constant  surplus  to  be  sold  and  registered  as  accu- 
mulated wealth.  You  labor  today  and  accumulate  thereby.  You  may  want 
to  rest  tomorrow.  Your  accumulation  should  be  secure.  You  have  been 
selling  all  these  years.  You  may  wish  to  buy  or  build  tomorrow.  The 
credit  registered  by  your  toil,  frugality  and  prudence  should  be  forever 
sacred.  The  West  should  look  to  the  future  and  think  not  only  of  its  gains 
in  one  decade,  but  of  the  balance  that  will  be  to  its  credit  in  a  hundred 
years  from  now.  Do  not  forget  that  the  world  must  eat  and  that  mankind 
is  multiplying  by  the  millions,  and  that  the  Creator  is  not  making  any 
more  land  on  this  planet.  Hold  fast  to  the  heritage  which  God  and  the 
pioneers  have  left  you  and  to  the  standard  of  integrity  and  value  by  which 
it  was  earned.  Let  the  future  buy  from  you  according  to  that  same  stan- 
dard by  which  you  have  bought  and  by  which  your  toil  is  measured  in  the 
present. 


128  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

No  one  can  foretell  a  limit  of  the  possibilities  of  this  great,  producing, 
half-developed  region  for  the  future,  with  the  United  States  forging  to  the 
front  in  the  commerce  of  the  world,  claiming  its  harbors  and  its  coaling 
stations  along  the  lines  of  trade  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth  and  real- 
izing more  than  ever  before  that  it  is  a  joint  proprietor  with  the  older  na- 
tions of  the  earth  in  the  great  high  seas.  Doubtless  some  people  are  over- 
reckless  for  expansion  and  some  are  so  conservative  that  their  intellectual 
estates  seem  almost  in  probate.  Douglas  Jerrold  used  to  say,  "There  are 
some  people  so  conservative  that  they  can  never  appreciate  the  new  moon 
out  of  regard  for  that  venerable  institution,  the  old  one,"  and  Wendell 
Phillips  added,  "Some  people  are  afraid  to  sweep  off  the  cobwebs  for  fear 
the  roof  will  come  down!"  But  there  is  one  thing  reasonably  certain: 
America  will  have  a  place  to  land  and  coal  her  ships  in  every  quarter  of 
the  globe.  There  has  been  the  age  of  marble  and  the  age  of  bronze;  ours 
is  the  age  of  commerce  and  of  iron.  Commerce  will  not  stop,  it  under- 
mines the  mountains,  lays  its  cables  underneath  the  billows  of  the  sea  and 
scorns  the  fury  of  its  crests.  Commerce  is  a  greedy,  moiling,  tireless 
spider  catching  all  the  world  in  a  web  of  iron,  and  it  will  weave  its  wires 
wherever  there  is  life.  It  has  found  the  orient  and  the  Occident  and  will 
never  rest  until  it  ties  its  cables  to  the  poles. 

America  will  build  a  greater  navy  and  will  build  the  Nicaragua  canal 
and  her  merchant  ships  will  take  her  commerce  into  all  the  harbors  of  the 
world  and  our  battleships  shall  protect  our  commerce  in  its  legitimate  and 
rightful  course.  The  American  flag  shall  be  visible  and  revered  away  from 
home  as  it  is  loved  and  venerated  here,  and  under  it  a  free  people  shall 
thrive  and  multiply  in  peace. 

If  one  were  to  write  a  prophetic  history  of  the  next  century  and  insist 
upon  it  with  any  degree  of  obstinancy,  he  would  doubtless  be  deemed  in- 
sane. If  Washington,  when  he  retired  from  public  life,  had  uttered  one- 
half  the  truth  of  events  that  have  since  transpired,  even  Americans 
would  have  said  that  the  pressure  of  official  responsibility  had  rendered  the 
Father  of  his  Country  a  victim  of  dementia,  and  the  world  would  have 
doubtless  pronounced  him  crazy.  If  some  optimist  of  New  England  had 
said  a  hundred  years  ago,  as  has  transpired  and  been  declared  since 
then,  that  in  the  nineteenth  century  science  would  pierce  through  mount- 
ains that  ancient  poetry  could  never  scale,  whisper  across  the  ocean,  tame 
the  lightning,  annihilate  space,  explode  superstition,  create  light,  bottle  up 
sound,  he  might  have  been  arrected  for  witchcraft.  If  at  the  time  when 
a  hundred  and  eighty  crimes  were  punishable  with  death,  some  judge  or 
.iurist  had  recognized  the  sunrise  of  civilization  and  had  declared  that  the 
time  would  soon  come  when  the  greatest  nation  of  the  earth  would  inflict 
the  death  penalty  for  only  two  offenses,  he  might  have  been  deposed  for 
his  opinion.  If  any  one  were  to  remina  you  now  of  one-half  the  century 
that  is  gone  and  foretell  one-half  the  century  to  come  he  would  be  regarded 
as  a  dangerous  man  and  rickety,  and  it  would  be  used  against  him  in  the 
next  campaign,  no  matter  on  what  ticket  he  should  run.  The  fact  is  that  not 
many  realize  the  rate  at  which  the  world  is  traveling.  Time  is  so  noiseless 
that  it  awakens  very  few.  The  Rip  Van  Winkles  are  as  numerous  as  the 
Smiths  and  Browns  and  Joneses.  Wh'le  we  are  yet  shaking  hands  with  the 
events  of  yesterday  genius  taps  us  on  the  shoulder  and  introduces  a  stranger 
and  we  exclaim,  "What  impostor  is  this'.'  '  An  impossibility,  an  event  of  the 
future. 

What  shall  be  the  events  of  the  coming  century?  Probably  with  what- 
ever degree  of  certainty  we  are  able  to  comprehend  the  past  and  to  under- 
stand the  present,  with  that  degree  can  we  foretell  the  future.  Yesterday 
and  today  are  the  premises  of  a  syllogism  whose  conclusion  is  tomorrow. 
I  believe  there  is  a  good  reason  for  everything  that  happens  in  the  universe. 
The  indications  are  that  the  great  events  of  the  near  future  shall  be  in  the 
line  of  commerce,  as  I  have  already  indicated,  of  jurisprudence,  of  social 
economy,  of  science  and  of  art.    The  teidency  of  the  times  is  to  get  rid   of 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE   ON  CEREMONIES.  129 

long-established  humbugs  as  soon  as  the'.r  copyrights  expire.  The  wisdom  of 
the  past  shall  be  retained,  but  the  wings  of  progress  shall  not  be  burdened 
by  its  evils  and  stupidity.  So  long  as  toil  shall  bend  the  back  of  man  his 
brain  shall  question  science  for  its  mysteries,  and  so  long  as  mystery  re- 
mains to  form  the  boundary  line  of  knowledge  the  scientists  will  strive  and 
climb  and  climb  and  reach  beyond  those  bounds.  They  will  make  the  elec- 
tric  current  turn   the  wheels  of  all   the  world. 

And  in  our  coming  century  there  will  be  tumults,  strife  and  riot,  but 
there  shall  be  no  ruin.  America  shall  be  ruled  by  law.  She  will  not  forget 
the  lessons  that  her  patriots  have  taught.  She  will  abide  by  the  pilgrim  co- 
venant— the  legally  expressed  will  of  the  majority. 

And  in  the  future,  striving  and  contending  with  all  its  ceaseless,  tireless 
energies,  in  that  stately  and  majestic  march  of  time  and  toil  there  will  be 
success  and  failure,  thrift  and  slothfulness,  charity  and  meanness,  hope  and 
doubt,  happiness  and  misery.  And  soma  time  it  will  lift  up  its  voice  and 
America  shall  hear  great  music — such  as  she  has  never  known  before — and 
there  shall  be  great  artists.  Some  one  has  said  that  America  is  too  busy 
to  make  verses,  too  serious  to  sing  songs;  that  all  her  ideas  are  marshal'ed 
up  in  battle  array  to  solve  the  vital  questions  of  self-government  and  that 
all  her  jewels  are  wrought  into  diadems  to  crown  the  kings  of  commerce 
and  the  lords  of  science,  whilst  poetry  is  swept  away  by  the  tide  of  activ- 
ity that  swells  through  every  artery  and  vein  of  Columbia's  land.  And  all 
that  has  been  very  true.  But  it  shall  not  always  be  so.  We  shall  not  al- 
ways take  our  melodies  from  old  operas  nor  our  designs  from  ancient  fres- 
coes. We  shall  not  always  dig  our  architecture  from  the  ruins  of  the  past 
nor  get  our  fiction  from  the  brains  of  dead  men.  The  same  conditions  that 
bred  the  genius  of  dead  empires  shall  find  the  muses  and  the  artists  for 
Columbia  and  a  greater  glory  shall  await  them,  for  they  shall  all  be  born  in 
freedom. 

By  and  by  some  millionaire,  tired  of  killing  pigs  and  packing  pork,  will 
see  something  beautiful  or  maybe  something  sad,  and  he  will  endow  an  In- 
stitution where  poverty  can  come  and  dream  and  mark  its  pain  and 
thought  upon  the  canvas  and  the  marble.  And  then  some  other  hoarder  of  the 
millions  shall  grow  weary  cornering  kerosene  and  corn,  and  he  will  hear 
some  voice  or  see  some  fair  young  face  with  just  a  little  line  of  care  upon  its 
arched  and  thoughtful  brow,  and  he  will  add  his  charity  to  the  goodness  and 
the  greatness  of  America  and  he  wil  say  to  genius,  "Come,  these  walls  shall 
keep  the  winds  from  shriveling  up  your  tender  wings  on  which  you  now 
may  rise  and  soar  and  out  of  all  your  misery  that  is  past  make  har- 
monies that  will  soften  all  the  sorrows  of  mankind,  revive  the  melodies  that 
have  been  dying  through  all  the  centuries  of  time  with  the  pain  of  silence 
and  out  of  the  inspiration  that  may  come  to  you  write  rhapsodies  that  will 
lift  and  glorify  the  thoughts  and  minds  of  men  and  find  the  very  throne 
of  God."  Emerson  declared  a  little  while  before  he  died:  "We  think  our 
civilization  near  its  meridian,  but  we  are  yet  only  at  the  cock  crowing  and 
the  morning  star."  The  future  will  verify  Emerson.  The  greatest  alliance 
ever  projected  in  history  will  be  the  alliance  of  American  efforts  and  Ameri- 
can interests.  Into  the  opening  gateway  of  the  twentieth  century,  hand-in- 
hand,  shall  spring  our  king  of  commerce  and  the  queen  of  industry,  the 
Sphinx-eyed  scientist  and  his  bride  of  art,  the  sturdy  son  of  agriculture 
and  the  dreaming  child  of  song,  and  their  thought  and  toil  and  song  shall 
honor  and  inspire  the  human  race  and  make  our  country  great — essentially, 
exquisitely,    magnificiently  great. 

-  At  the  close  of  this  program  a  very  pleasant  reception  was  given  by 
a  committee  of  Iowa  ladies  to  Mrs.  Governor  Shaw,  Mrs.  President  Wattles 
and  Mrs.  Clement  Chase,  President  of  the  Ladies'  Board  of  Management 
of  the  Exposition.  This  was  followed  by  ill"umination  at  the  Iowa  Building 
and  grand  concert  by  the  Mexican  band  on  the  Plaza. 

After  the  concert,  there  was  a  magnificent  display  of  fireworks  given  by 
the  Board  of  Management  in  honor  of  Iowa  Day.  The  illuminated  motto 
over  the  arch  of  the  Central  Music  Pavilion,  also  planned  by  the  Board  of 
Management,  read  as  follows:     "Who's  all  right?"     "Iowa." 


laO  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Thus  closed  the  most  successful  State  Day  Celebration  held  during  the 
Exposition. 

The  attendance  from  Iowa  during  this  celebration  week  was  not  less  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  (150,000),  the  railroads  being  taxed  to  their 
utmost  to  provide  transportation  for  the  vast  crowds  going  and  coming  daily. 

Your  Committee  regret  exceedingly  that  they  could  not  arrange  the  date 
for  holding  the  celebration  so  as  to  accommodate  somespecial organizations 
which  were  anxious  to  be  present  and  participate  in  the  celebration,  but 
this  could  not  be  done,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Peace  Jubilee  was 
so  soon  to  be  held  on  the  Exposition  Grounds  occupying  the  fu'l  week,  the 
date  fixed,  without  doubt,  proved  to  be  the  best  possible  time  for  holding  the 
celebration. 

In  closing  the  report,  your  Committee  take  this  opportunity  to  return 
their  thanks  and  the  thanks  of  the  Commission  to  all,  to  the  Iowa  bands  for 
their  splendid  music,  to  the  Dubuque  Oratorio  Society,  and  to  all  others  for 
their  aid  and  assistance  in  making  these  public  exercises  and  celebrations 
the  grand  success  they  were,  and  to  the  thousands  of  intelligent  citizens  of 
Iowa  who  by  their  presence  added  greatly  to  the  success  of  these  public 
occasions,  which  were  an  honor  and  a  credit  to  our  great  commonwealth. 

Most  Respectfully  Submitted, 

J.    E.   E.   MARKLEY,  Chairman. 
S.  B.    PACKARD. 
F.  N.  CHASE. 


H()\    (iEC).  F.  WRIGHT. 
■  ■-   Vice  President  for  Iowa.  Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Ex|H)sition. 


HON.  LUCirs  WELLS. 
Iciwa  Director-'Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition. 


JOHX  F.  MERRY, 

CliMirnian.  Coniniittee  on  Transportation. 


GEORGE  W.  McCOID, 

Treasurer. 


Report  of  Treasurer 


BY  CEORCE  W.  McCOID. 


I  herewith  submit  a  consolidated  statement  of  moneys  i-eceived  and 
warrants  paid  and  cancelled,  the  total  amount  of  which  agrees  with  the 
vTarrants  issued   by  the   President   and  Seci'etary. 

One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,000.00)  of  the  amount  appropriated  for  pur- 
poses of  the  Commission  has  never  been  drawn  from  the  State.  Total 
amount  received  by  me  from  State  Treasury,  thirty-four  thousand  dol- 
lars ($34,000.00.)  Ihree  thousand  dollars  ($3,000.00)  of  this  amount  has  al- 
ready been  refunded  to  the  State  as  shown  by  my  report;  this,  with  the 
one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000.00)  remaining-  with  the  state  making  four 
thousand   dollars    ($4,000.00)    to    the    ere  lit  of  the  Commission. 

This  report  also  shows  balance  in  my  hands  of  $1,438.82,  which  will  be 
accounted    for  in   a   supplemental   report. 

Iowa  T.-M.  &  I.  Exposition  Commission   In    Account   With    George    McCoid, 
1 reasurer. 

CREDITS: 

By  total  amount  received  from  State  Treasurer    $34,000.00 

Received  on  account  errors  from  F.   N.  Chase,    Secretary    53.49 

Received  on  account  Organ  Matter,  from  F.  N.   Chase,  Secretary...        150.00 
Received  on  account  Salvage,  from  F.    N.   Chase,   Secretary   1,048.44 

DEBIT: 

Paid  Warrants  1  to  211  inclusive,  account  disbursements. .$30, 813.11 
Paid  Warrant  No.  212,  John   Herriott.  Treasurer,     refund 

to  State    3,000.00 

Balance  on  hand    1,438.82 


$35,251.93     $35,251.93 
Respectfully  submitted, 

GEO.   W.  M-COID, 
Treasurer  Iowa.  T.-M.  &  I.  Exposition  Commission. 


JOHN  H.  \\  ALLBAXK. 

Chairman  Auditing  Committee. 


Report  ol  Auditing  (ommittee  dnd  full  Detdll 
FindncidI  Stdtement 


By  JOHN  H.  VTALLBANK,  Chairmam. 


The  Auditing  Committee  of  the  Iowa  Trans-Mississippi  and  Interna- 
tional Exposition  Commission  beg  to  report  as  follows: 

The  Twenty-sixth  General  Assembly  appointed  a  Commission  and  ap- 
propriated ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00);  the  Twenty-seventh  General 
Assembly  made  an  additional  appropriation  of  twenty-five  thousand  dol- 
lars ($25,000.00),  making  a  total  of  thirty-nve  thousand  dollars  ($35,000.00.) 

Since  July  1,  1897,  and  up  to  the  present  time,  your  Committee  have 
carefully  examined  into  all  bills  and  vouchers  presented  to  them  by  the 
Secretary,  who  was  the  disbursing  agent  of  the  Commission. 

The  vouchers  were  all  fully  itemized  and  properly  scheduled.  A  com- 
plete list  of  the  same  is  attached  hereto  and  made  a  part  of  this  report. 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

1897. 

July  1.    J.  S.  Browning,  salary  and  expenses,  month    of 

June,    1897 $      125.00 

Warrant  No.  1 $125.00 

June  28.     R.    H.   Moore,   commissioner,  R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel   expenses    49.22 

Warrant  No.  2- 49.22 


138  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

June  9.    H.  H.  Markley,  P.   M.,  postage   75.00 

Warrant  No.   3 75.00 

May  26.    S.  B.  Packard,   Commissioner,  railroad  fare  and 

hotel    expenses 33.05 

Warrant   No.    4 33.05 

May  27.    J.  E.  E.  Markley,  Commissioner,    railroad     fare 

and  hotel   expenses 30.94 

Warrant  No.  5 30.94 

May  27.     John    H.     Wallbank,    commissioner,  R.  R.   fare 

and  hotel  expenses  43. 3S 

Warrant  No.  6 43. 3& 

May  26.    F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel  ex- 
penses      40.60 

Warrant    No.    7 40.60 

May  26.     Geo.  W.  McCoid,  treasurer,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel 

expenses    26.93 

Warrant  No.   8 26.93 

May  27.     S.  D.  Cook,  commissioner,  R.  R.   fare   and   hotel 

expenses    57.25 

Warrant   No.    9 57.25- 

May  26.    S.   H.   Mallory,    president,   R.  R.   fare  and   hotel 

expenses    26.43 

Warrant   No.  10 26. 4J 

May  27.     Owen   Lovejoy,   commissioner,  R.   R.     fare     and 

hotel    expenses 22.15 

Warrant  No.  11 22.15 

July  31,    J.  S.  Browning,  salary  and  expenses   for   month 

of  July 125.00 

Warrant  No.  12 125. 00- 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

June  27.    F.  N.  Chase,  Secretary,  disbursements — 

Western   Union    Telegraph    Co.,    messages 1.28 

L.  I.   Sturm,  stenographer 14.50 

Heywood  &  Son,  stationery 1.01 

S.  D.   Childs  &  Co.,   stationery  16.81 

R.  B.  Drysdale,   pocket  seal 2.60 

B.  F.  White  &  Son,  stationery 5.45 

Geo.   A.   Fabrick,   printing 2.50 

L.  I.   Sturm,  stenographer 27.00 

American  Express   Co.,   express    3.30 

Wells   Fargo   Express   Co.,   express     70 

Illinois  Central  railroad,  freight    1.30 

United  States  Express  Co.,  express  1.85 

American  Express  Co.,  express    35 

Synder  &  Hurd,  printing 7.25 

United  States  Express  Co.,  express  1.15 

Warrant  No.  13 

Aug.  5.    Perkins  Bros.   Co.,   printing 100.00 

Warrant   No.   14 

Aug.  2.    James  Rainbow,  to  labor  collecting  grain 30.00 

Warrant    No.   15 

Aug.  1.    L.  I.   Sturm,  stenographer 26.00 

Warrant   No.   16 

Aug.  1.    A.  F.  Collman,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel   expenses....  7.31 

Warrant  No.    17 

Avg.  24.    F.  N.  Chase,  Secretary,  disbursements — 

Chas.  D.  Brown  &  Co.,  printing  4.50 

B.  F  White  &  Son,  stationery 6.70 

United  States  Express  Co 5.40 

C.  E.  McCray,  cloth  sign 2.00 

American  Express  Co 2.15 

United  States  Express  Co 60 

Warrant   No.   18 


139 


87.05 


100.00 


30.00 


26.00 


7.31 


21.35 


140  IOWA  T-M.  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Sept.  4.    Owen  Lovejoy,  Commissioner,  R.  R.     fare    and 

hotel  expenses 13.65 

Warrant  No.  19  13.63 

Aug  18.    S.  D.  Cook,  commissioner,  R.  R.   fare   and  hotel 

expenses    32.50 

Warrant  No.   20   32.50 

Aug.  16.     S.  B.  Packard,  commissioner,  R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel  expenses  25.10 

Warrant  No.   21    25.10 

Sept.  14.    J.  E.   E.   Markley,    commissio  ner.    R.    R.    fare 

and  hotel  expenses  14.85 

Warrant  No.   22    14.85 

Sept.  13.    Geo.  W.  McCoid;  treasurer,  R.     R.     fare,     and 

hotel  expenses  17.50 

Warrant  No.  23  17.50 

Oct.  1.        Fred   Hethershaw,   labor  and  expenses,      gath- 
ering and  packing  grain  53 .  50 

Warrant  No.  24  53.50 

Oct.  1.      A.  L.  Plummer,  labor  and  expenses,       gathering 

and  packing  grains  35.00 

Warrant   No.   25    '. 35.00 

Aug.  1.    S.    D.    Cook,   commissioner,   printing    and    mail- 
ing circulars 55.75 

Warrant  No.  26  55.75 

Aug.  10.    F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  R.  R.     fare    and    hotel 

expenses    28.31 

Warrant  No.   27   23.31 

Oct.  1.      L.  I.  Strum,  stenographer 26.00 

Warrant  No.  28  26.00 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING   COMMITTE,  141 

Dec.  14.    S.   B.   Packard,   commissioner,    R.    R.    fare   and 

hotel  expenses   77.51 


1898: 

Jan.  14.     S.    B.   Packard,    commissioner,   R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel  expense  81.56 

Requisition  warrant  No.  29 150.00 

Warrant  No.  62  9.07 

:897: 

Nov.  8.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  R.  R,    fare    and    hotel 

expenses    72.49 

1898: 

Feb.  9.       F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  R.  R.    fare    and    hotel 

expenses  64.81 

July  16.     F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  salary     and     expenses 

from  April  4th  to  June  5th   397.99 

Requisition  warrant  No.   30 500.00 

Warrant  No.  119,  Bal.  Req.  Ac 35.29 

1897: 

July  1.       R.    H.    Moore,     commissioner,   R.   R.    fare   and 

hotel  expenses   10.76 

Warrant  No.  31  10.76 

Oct.  31.    L.  I.  Sturm,  stenographer 26.00 

Warrant  No.   32    26.00 

Sept.  23.    Geo.    F.    Wright,    freight    and  express  on  fruit         11.40 

Warrant  No.  33  11.40 

Oct.  21.    H.  H.  Markley,  P.  M.  Postage  29.00 

Warrant  No.    34 29.00 


142  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Oct.  12.    F.    N.    Chase,    Sec'y,   disbursements: 

American   Express   Co.,   express    .90 

United  States  Express  Co.,  express  .45 

F.  A.  White,  services  as  book-keeper   11.00 

Geo.  A.  Fabrick,  printing: 3.00 

Warrant   No.    35 15.35 

Sept.  30     James    Rainbow,   labor,   packing     and      boxing 

grain    31.30 

Warrant  No.  36 31.30 

Nov.  9.      R.   H.   Moore,   Commissioner,  R.  R.     fare    and 

hotel  expenses 13.51 

Warrant  No.  37 13.51 

Nov.  22.      Geo.  F.  Wright,  freight  on  fruit  12.66 

Warrant  No.  38 12.66 

Bept.  24.    A.  F.  Collman,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel  expenses..  8.92 

Snyder  &  Son,  fruit  1.50 

M.  G.  Edwards,  fruit  16.00 

H.   A.  Ferry,  fruit 4.00 

Pat  Finn,   fruit   8.00 

John  Wise,  fruit  2.60 

J.  T.  Young,  fruit  2.00 

A.   F.  Collman,  fruit 54.00 

Warrant  No.   39 97.02 

Sept.  20.     L.    G.    Clute,   labor  and  expense,         furnishing 

and  procuring  materials  in  1897;  grains  etc 190.40 

Warrant  No.  40 190.40 

Oct.  14.     F.    N.   Chase,   Sec'y.  disbursements: 

Judge  Thompson,  flax 6.00 

Bryant  Neely  Co.,  coal 8.50 

Li.    I.   Sturm,   stenographer 26.00 

Adams  Express  Co .80 

American  Express  Co .45 

H.   H.   Markley,  P.   M.  postage  14.00 

Warrant  No.    41 55.75 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

Oct.  10.     J.  C.  Radell,  stove 12.00 

Warrant  No.  42 

Oct.  11.     S.  D.  Cook,  Commissioner,  R.      R.      fare     and 

hotel  expenses   47.82 

Warrant   No.    43 

Oct.  17.     S.   H.   Mallory,  President,   R.  R.  fare  and  hotel 

expenses   10.66 

Warrant  No.  44 

Dec.  31.     L.    I.    Sturm,    stenographer 27.00 

Warrant  No.  45    

1898. 

Jan.  11.     R.  H.  Moore,  Com'r,  R.  R.   fare       and       hotel 

expenses   14.76 

Warrant  No.   46 

Jan.  1.       Wheeler,  Hereld  &  Co.,  cold  storage,    rent 20.00 

Warrant  No.  47 

Jan. 10.     Ottumwa  Democrat,   printing- 33.20 

Warrant    No.   48 

Jan.  31.     S.    D.    Cook,    commissioner,  R.     R.     fare    and 

hotel    expenses    28.73 

Warrant  No .   49 

Jan  31.     L.    I.   Sturm,  stenographer 26.00 

Warrant  No.   50   

Dec.  28.    R.  H.  Moore,  Com'r,  R.  R.  fare    and    hotel    ex- 
penses      16.13 

Warrant  No.  51 


143 


12.00 


47.82 


10.96 


27.00 


14.76 


20  00 


33.20 


28.75 


26.00 


16.13 


144  lOWAT-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Feb.  5.      F.   N.   Chase,   Sec'y,   disTaursements: 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company   2.82 

Iowa  Telephone  Co 1.20 

F.    A.   White,   book-keeper 21.00 

B.  F.  White  &  Sons,  stationery   2.10 

Bryant  &  Neely,  coal   14.55 

C.  A.   Wise,   ink,  paper,  fastners    1.20 

H.  H.  Markley,  P.  M.,  stamps  10.00 

American    Express    Co .45 

Josselyn  &  Taylor,  architects 9.00 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co 1.69 

Warrant  No.   52 

Jan.  30.    Ottumwa   Democrat  printing  and  mailing 26.35 

Warrant  No.   53 

Feb.  28.     B.  F.   Osborn,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel  expenses..  6.93 

Warrant  No.   54 

Feb.  4,      R.  H.  Moore,  Com'r,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel  ex- 
penses     17.17 

Warrant   No.    55 

Feb.  28.     L.   I.   Sturm,  stenographer 24.00 

Warrant    No.    56 

Jan.  24.     John  H.  Wallbank,  Com'r.  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel 

expenses   49.46 

Warrant  No .  57 

Jan.  12.     A.  F.  Collman,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel  expenses..  11.70 

Warrant  No.  58 

Mar.  31.    L..    I.   Sturm,  stenographer 27.00 

Warrant  No.   59    

1898: 

Mar.  1.      Owen   Lovejoy,    commiFsioner    R.    R.    fare   and 

hotel  expenses    17.90 

Warrant  No.  60    


64.01 


26.35 


6.9a 


17.17 


24.00 


49.46- 


11. 70- 


27.00- 


17.90- 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  145 

Feb.  17.      S.   D.   Cook,   commissioner,   R    R.    fare  and  ho- 
tel  expenses    49.00 

Warrant  No.   61    49.00 

For  Warrant  No.   62,   See  Warrant  No.  29. 

Mar.  24.      R.    H.    Moore,    commissioner,     express,     R.    R. 

fare  and  hotel  expenses   21.44 

Warrant   No.   63    21.44 

Apr.  20.     Josselyn  &  Taylor  Co.,  to  apply  on  contract 201.57 

Warrant  No.    64    201.57 

Apr.  6.       Geo.     W.     McCord,    treasrer,  R.    R.    fare     and 

hotel    expenses    44.05 

Warrant  No.   65   44.05 

Apr.  20.      R.    H.    Moore,    commissioner,     R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel  expenses    14.71 

Warrant  No.    66 14.71 

Apr.  2.      J.   E.   E.   Markley,   commissioner,      R.      R.      fare 

and   hotel   expenses    10.49 

Warrant  No.  67  10.49 

Apr.  20.      J.   H.  Wallbank,  commissioner,   R.   R.   fare  and 

hotel  expenses    15.. ''>2 

Warrant  No.  68   15.32 

Apr. 20.      P.  H.  Wind,  contractor,  to  apply  on  contract...      2000.00 

Warrant   No.    69    2000.00 

Apr.  30.      F.   A.  White,   services  as  book-keener     46.00 

Warrant  No.  70  46.00 

May  1.       L.  I.  Sturm,  stenographer 26.00 

Warrant   No.    71    26.00 

Mar.  9.        F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  disbursements: 

S.  D.  Childs  &  Co.,  typewriter   supplies  12.76 


146  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

American  Express  Co.,  express    .25 

H.  H.  Markley,  P.  M.,  stamp? 15.45 

D.  E.   Mihvard,   expenses    14.00 

A.   F.   Collman,   expenses    13.15 

Omaha  Daily  Bee,  printing 8.25 

United  States  Express  Co .25 

Wells,  Fargo  Express  Co .85 

Van  Pelt  &  Jayne,  stenographers    13.00 

Postal    Telegraph    Co.,    telegrams    .39 

M.   W.   Sawyer,    telescope   valise    1.50 

Iowa  Telephone  Co .80 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co .56 

American  Express  Co .65 

Wells  Fargo  Express  Co.,   exoress     .35 

R.  B.  Henderson,  labor,  packing   grain    7.50 

American    Express   Co .25 

Warrant   No.   72    89.96 


xS98.- 


May  24.      P.  H.  Wind,  contractor,  to  apply  on  contract  ..  1000.00 

Warrant   No.    73    1000.00 

May  30.     D.   E.   Milward,   decorator,    to       apply    on     con- 
tract       270.00 

Warrant  No.   74    270.00 

May  30.      S.    D.   Cook,   commissioner,   R.  R.    fare  and   ho- 
tel   expenses    42.25 

Warrant   No.   75    42.25 

May  30.      F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,    disbursements: 

New    Nonpareil    Co.,    printing 5.50 

Bryant  Neely  Lumber  Co.,  ccal    4.15 

U.   S.   Express  Co.,    express  on    desk    3.00 

Durfee   Furniture   Co.,    chairs 10.00 

C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.,  freight   1.S5 

C,   R.   I.  &  P.   R.    R.,   freight 1.25 

Geo.  A.  Fabrick,   printing    3.75 

John  Beno  &  Co.,  flags  and  taunting    13.10 

U.  S.  DaviP,  telegraphing  .70 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

Postal   Telegraph  Co -83 

Iowa  Telephone  Co 1-40 

Chas.  S.  Safford,  rubber  stamp    .57 

Des  Moines  Leader,  publishing     11.70 

Tri-City   Publishing   Co.,    publishing     13.75 

Omaha  Bee  Co.,  publishing 8.00 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co 4.39 

American    Express    Co .90 

S.  D.  Childs  &  Co.,  stationery 10.93 

L.  O.  Robinson,  pins   30 

Trans-Mississippi   and   International        Exi)Osi- 

tion    3.00 

Warrant    No.   76    

May  30.      H.    H.   Markley,   P.   M.,   stamps     35.50 

Warrant  No.   77    

May  31.      J.   E.   E.   Markley,   commissicner,      R.    R.     fare 

and    hotel   expenses    8.73 

Warrant   No.   78    

June  2.       L.  I.   Sturm,   stenographer    12.00 

Warrant   No.   79    

June  2.      Rand  &   Leopold  Desk   Co 21.00 

Warrant   No.   SO    

June  2.      D.    E.    Milward,   decorator,   to      apply    on    con- 
tract             670.00 

Warrant   No.    81   

June  2.      S.  B.  Packard,  commissioner, R.     R.     fare    and 

hotel  expenses  and   telegraphing     50.14 

Warrant   No.   82    

June  2.      Grand  Hotel   Co.,   office   rent 25.00 

^Varrant   No.   83    


147 


99.07 


35.50 


8.73 


12.00 


21.00 


670.00 


50.14 


25.00 


148  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

June.  2.      Owen   Lovejoy,    commissioner,  R.   R.   fare  and 

hotel  expenses    g.35 

Warrant    No.   84    g.35 

June  2.       J.   F.  Merry,  commissioner,  hotel  expenses 13.25 

Warrant    No.    85 13.25 

June.  2.       P.   H.   Wind,  contractor,  to  apply       on       con- 
tract             533.20 

Warrant   No.   87 533.20 

June  2.       P.   H.   Wind,    to   apply  on  contract    2,000.00 

Warrant   No.    86 2,000.»0 

June  2.       D.  E.   Mihvard,  decorator,  to  apply      on      con- 
tract     , 469.80 

Warrant   No.   88    469.80 

June  11.     D.    E.    Milward,    decorator,    to  apply     on     con- 
tract            270.00 

Warrant   No.    89 270.00 

July  1.       J.  F.   Merry,  commissioner,  Oratorio     club     ex- 
pense Dedication  Day 150.00 

Warrant   No.   90    150.00 

July  23.     S.  D.  Cook,  commissioner,  R.  R.  fare  and  hotel 

expenses    33. 90 

Warrant    No.    91    33.90 

June  24.     P.   H.   Wind,  contractor,  to  apply  on  contract.      1,000.00 

Warrant  No.    92 1,000.00 

June  23.     Heywood  Bros.  &  Wakefield  Co.,    furniture 333.93 

Warrant  No.  93   333.93 

June  23.     Owen   Lovejoy,   commissioner,  R.    R.    fare   and 

hotel  expenses    29.40 

Warrant  No.   94   29.40 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

June  23.     R.  H.   Moore,  commissioner,  R.    R.     fare     and 

hotel  expenses    30.17 

Warrant  No .    95   

July  1.       F.   N.    Chase,   secretary,    disbursements: 

Wm.    Welch,    drayage 

Exposition  Transfer  Co 

Postal   Telegraph    Co 

Exposition    Transfer    Co 

Conway  &   Shaw,    printing 

H.    L.   Chase  &  Co.,  clocks 

Crescent     Mfg.      Co.      scrubbers      and    window 
cleaners    

C.  R.  I.  &  P.  freight 

A.  D.  T.  Express  Co.,  express    

Saul  J.   Howe,  official  programs    

J.    A.    Wakefitld,  express 

American    Express    Co 

Western   Union    Telegraph    Co 

Postal  Telegraph  Co 

G.    E.    Thode,   expenses 

R.   H.   Snowden,  expenses 

Western  Union.  Telegraph  Co 

D.  W.    Bushnell,  receipt   and  bill    books 

Adams  Express  Co 

J.    D.    Crockwell,    mirror 

The  Daily  Bee.  subscription 

Western    Union    Telegraph    Co 

1S98: 

July  1.      United  States  Express  Co 1.30 

G.    W.  Butts,   labor    1.00 

World  Publishing  Co,  subscription    .50 

D.   W.   Bushnell,   office  merchandise    1.85 

Guy  Moulton,  services    > 8.25 

Iowa  Telephone  Co.,  toll  and  service     .95 

A.  Hospe,  hauling   7.00 

Western  Telephone  Co.,  toll  and    service    8.35 

Hayden  Bros.,   merchandise   2.90 


149 


1 

.00 

.25 

1 

.30 

>0 

.28 

1 

.00 

4 

.50 

3 

.35 

4 

.77 

3 

.45 

2 

.00 

1 

.35 

.90 

3 

.18 

.77 

1 

.33 

5 

.40 

1. 

,26 

,35 

,30 

45 

60 

35 

30.17 


150  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

C.   T.   Lindley,   expense    15.28 

C.  T.  Lindley,  show  case  13.50 

Warrant    No.    96    119.02 

July  1.       F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  disbursements: 

I.  M.  Treynor,  stamps  14.00 

Nebraska  Boiler  Compound  Co.,  floor  oiling  16.00 

American    District    Telegraph' Co 24.25 

Bee  Publishing  Co.,   printing 8.00 

Grand  Hotel  Co.,  office  rent  25.00 

New  Nonpareil  Co.,  printing 41.00 

Council  Bluffs  and  Omaha  Transfer   Co 8.00 

Palace  Stables,  carriages   30.00 

Warrant   No.   97    166.25 

June  23.     D.  E.  Milward,  contractor,  to  apply      on      con- 
tract             270.00 

Warrant   No.    98    270.00 

June  30.    J.  F.  Merry,  commissioner,  hctel  expenses  19.00 

Warrant    No.    99    19.00 

June  30.     P.  H.  Wind,  contractor,  final  payment    1795.00 

Warrant  No.   100    1795.00 

June  23.     Owen   Lovejoy,    commissioner,    R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel   expenses    29.65 

Warrant  No.  101  29.63 

June  23.    J.    H.    Wallbank,    commissioner,      R.      R.      fare 

and   hotel   expenses    59.64 

Warrant  No.   102    59.64 

June  23.    J.  E.  E.  Markley,  commissioner,      R.      R.      fare 

and  hotel  expenses 23.66 

Warrant  No.    103    23.66 

June  23.     New  York  Plumbing  Co.,  payment  of  contract  .        450.00 

Warrant  No.  104  450.00 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

July  1.        Markel    Catering   Co 201.60 

Warrant  No.  105  

July  1.       D.  E.  Milward,   decorator,  payment   horticultu- 
ral contract   393.00 

Warrant  No.  106  

July  1-       Lester  L.   Tilden,  Atlantic  band  Decoration  day        100.00 
Warrant  No.  107  

July  1.       Trans-Mississippi  and    International         Exposi- 
tion, labor  on  grounds 32.60 

Warrant  No.  108 

July* 7.       New   Murray   Hotel,   expense    Dedication   Day..  51.25 

Warrant  No.   109   

July  7.       Heywood  Bros.   &  Wakefield  Co.,     Furniture...  41.75 

Warrant  No.   110 .■• 

July  7.      R.   H.   Moore,  commissioner,  R.    R.     fare     and 

hotel  expenses   '62. 3i 

Printing    '-^^ 

Warrant   No.   Ill 

July  7.      J.  E.  E.   Markley,  commissioner,   R.     R.     fare 

and  hotel  expenses  26.45 

Warrant  No.   112 

July  25.     H.    H.   Markley,   P.   M.,  stamps 50.00 

Warrant   No.    113 

July  1.      Hayden  Bros.,  merchandise: 

Two  hoop  pails -^^ 

One  step  ladder  ^--^ 

Two  dozen  baskets 1'" 

One  dozen  baskets,  1-2  bushel  size  l-"5 

Binding  twine    ^-^^ 

Stove  wire  '^^ 


151 


201.60 


393.00 


100.00 


32.60 


51.25 


41.75 


39.62 


26.45 


50.00 


152  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Nails    4  10 

^^ails    5.g5 

Tacks    1.50 

Tacks    .65 

Cotton   twine    50 

Hemp  twine  2.00 

Empty  barrels  2.40 

Empty  barrels  3.00 

White  lead  H.OO 

Varnish    4  50 

Japan  Drj^er  .40 

Turpentine    .90 

Boiled  oil  .52 

Burnt  Umber  .13 

Lemon  Chrome   l.OO 

Paint   brushes    3.50 

Assorted  Fitches    .50 

Tin   cups    20 

Brooms    50 

Step  ladder . jj5 

Tacks    125 

1  gal.  can  20 

2  gal.  can  20 

5  gal.    can    35 

Venetian   i-ed    .10 

Lamp  black  15 

Tin  cups   20 

Cloth    4  12 

Cloth    376 

Cloth    4  12 

Oil  cloth  1  92 

Cloth    10.05 

Cotton  flannel  5  g3 

Calico    2.06 

Two   bed   springs  and  mattresses    10.50 

Pillows    ,. 1  00 

^'■^sser    4  85 

Stand    150 

Toilet   set    1  gg 

Toilet   set    3.75 

^I^^J'oi's   3.50 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  153 

Pins    -10 

Hair  brushes   1-00 

Toweling   1-50 

Soap   ■       .50 

Rope    -30 

Glass  tumblers  1-00 

Matting    TO. 00 

Laying  and  paper   10.00 

Oil  cloth  9-75 

Laying    1-95 

Cocoa    Matting    IS. 00 

Window   curtains 51.80 

Hanging   7.00 

Border    2.40 

Pillows    2.00 

Comforts    3.50 

Sheets    4.20 

Slips   1.00 

Matting    8.00 

Laying    same    1-60 

Shades    3.45 

Shades    l-"0 

Hanging  same  •• -50 

Window  curtains    7.40 

Door  curtains    2.40 

Transoms    1.85 

Hanging  draperies    1.50 

Awnings    22.00 

Hanging    6.00 

Crash  toweling   3 .  60 

Towel  racks  -80 

Soap    1.00 

Mops  and  pails 5.20 

Brooms  and  towels 5.20 

Plates  for  fruit   32.00 


405.84 
Less  credit  slip  overcharge 1.30 


404.54 
Warrant  No.    114 404.54 


154  IOWA  T-M.  AND  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

July  25.     S.  B.  Packai-d,  commissioner,  R.   R.    fare  and 

hotel  expenses   62.45 

Warrant   No.    115   62.45 

July  46.     F.    N.    Chase,   secretary,   disbursements: 

Paxton  Hotel,  state  day  expense    T.50 

Palace  Stables,  carriages 3.00 

Omaha  Street  Railway  5.00 

Hayden  Bros.,    merchandise -20 

Am.erican  District  Telephone  Co    2.00 

Adams  Express  Co 5.00 

C.   Thomson,  lamps  and  oil 2.05 

C.  R.   I.  &  P.,  freight 5.44 

Hayden  Bros.,  towels -60 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co •'^5 

F.    N.   Chase,    revenue   stamps   3.00 

Ed.   H.   Wilson,  one  packing  trunk    4.00 

Guy  Moulton,  labor    4.i5 

Nebi-aska  Boiier  Compound  Co.,  oiling  floor...  5.00 

A.    S.    Forbes,  labor    l-'i'5 

J.  A.   Fuller  &  Co.,  paints,  glass   and   putty...  1.75 

Warrant   Xo.    116 51.79 

1898. 

July.  16.      C.  T.  Lindley,  ten  tapestry  paintings    250.00 

Warrant   No.  117    250.00 

July  16     F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,    disbursements: 

Exposition   Transfer   Co.,   freight   and   drayage  68.40 

Exposition  Transfer  Co.,  draj  age    -50 

Exposition  Transfer  Co.,  drayage    9.72 

"Van  Court  &  Wise,  making  gravel   walks    48.55 

S.  H.  M.  Byers,  service   25.00 

Marshall  Paper  Co.,  stationey 18.92 

A.  Booth  Packing  Co.,  storage 5.00 

Des  Moines  Fence  Co.,   settets 32.50 

Warrant  No.  118  208.53 

For  Warrant  No.  119,  See  Warrant  No.  30. 


FIHPORT  OF  AI'DITIXG  COMMITTEE.  155 

July  1.        F.   N.  Chase,   secretary,   pay  loU     No.     1,     from 

June  1st  to  July  1st,  1S98   744.68 

Warrant   No.    120    744.68 


Aug.  2.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  disbuisements: 

J.  S.   Rosland,   monkey  wrench -25 

United  States  Express  Co.,  ej  press    -96 

C.   Thorston,    oil    -^^ 

Western  Union  Telegraph  ^o 1-35 

Webster    Howard,    insurance 22.50 

Webster    Howard,    insurance  45.00 

Johnson   Hardware   Co..    hare  ware   l.Oo 

James  Jacoby,   drayage    1-50 

C.  A.  Wise  &  Sons,  letter  files -35 

Nebi-aska   Telephone   Co.,    sei  vice     4.60 

American  District  Telephone  Co..    service    -80 

Exposition  Transfer  Co.,  draj age   2.40 

Exposition  Transfer  Co.,  drayage     l-2o 

Carpenter   Paper  Co.,    statiorery    -55 

Bureau  of  Admissions,  photo  passes     25.00 

J.  J.  Deright,  rent  on  safe   19.00 

Exposition  Transfer   Co 6.00 

D.  E.  Mi'ward,   experse    28.55 

J.    F.    Wilcox,    on    contract    190.50 

Warrant   No.    121    


351.91 


Aug.  2.        S.    H.    Mallory,   president,    R    R.  fare  and  ho- 
tel   expenses    1 1 .  78 

Warrant  No.  122   '''' ■'^^ 

Aug.  2.        F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,    distursements,      sal- 
ary and   expenses    213. oi 

Warrant  No.  123   213.57 

Aug.  2.      Malvern  Cold  Storage  Co.,  fruit    91-00 

Warrant   No.    124    ^-■'^^ 

Aug.  2.      S.    D.    Cook,    commissioner.   R.     R.     fare     and 

hotel    expenses    39.95 


Warrant   No.    125 


39.95 


156  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EX.POS1TIOX  COMMISSION. 

Aug.  2.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  r.)ll     No.    2,  from 

July   1st   to   Aug.   1st,    1898    811.12 

Warrant  No.   126    811.12 

Aug.  15.     F.    N.    Chase,  secretary,   disbursements: 

Council  Bluffs  and  Omaha  Transfer  Co   4.00 

Markel    Catering    Co.,     catering  14.20 

H.  L.  Chase  &  Co.,  duplicate     tags  I.OO 

Has'den  Bros.,   pens,   penholders    1.2.3 

Mrs.  Cora  Harris,  laundry 5. 05 

C.  Thorston,  oil   .65 

J     A.   Fuller  &  Co.,   glass .3.43 

^Mai'sh  &  Smith,  grain  and  sacks    6.10 

Wheeler  &  Hereld,  rent  of  Warehouse   22.. 50 

Wheeler  &  Hereld,  rent  of  Cold    storage .32.00 

Wheeler  &  Hereld,  repacking  apples   3.50 

Warrant  No.    127 93.71 

Aug.  29.     R.    H.    Moore,   commissioner,  R.    R.    fare   and 

hotel   expenses    28 .  42 

Warrant   No.    128 28.42 

Aug.  29.     J.   E.  E.    Markley,  commissioner,    R.    R.    fare 

and  hotel  expenses 19.65 

Wairant  No.  129  ^ 19.65 

Aug.  7.      F.   X.   Chase,   secretarj^   pay  roll   No.    3,   from 

Aug.  1  to  Aug.   7,  1898 181.78 

Warrant   No.   130   181.78 

Aug.  15.     Hayden    Bros.,    merchandise: 

Dresser    6.85 

Table    6.85 

Chair .3.5 

Cuspidors    2.94 

Rubber   mats    6.00 

Wire   mats    3.75 

Matting    10.00 

Labor,   laying    1.00 

Bed    2.. 50 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  157 

Mattress    I.75 

Springs 1.00 

Pillows    1.00 

Sheets    I.05 

Pillow   cases .25 

('Dmfort    1.00 

Stool    .90 

Picture    wire .75 

Mosquito    bar    .35 

Spoons    25 

Bowls    50 

Dusters   qq 

(Classes    1  00 

"Ti-ays     ,30 

Dust    pans    ,40 

Mops    ,50 

Mosquito   bar    .3.5 

Bunting-    26.51 

Warrant  No.  131  7S.70 

Aug-.  15.     F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,    salary  and  expenses.  ITS. SO 

Warrant   No.   132    178.80 

Aug.  14.     F.  N.   Chase,  secretary,  pay  loll     No.    4,   from 

Aug  7th  until  Aug.  14th,  1S9S 163.72 

Warrant    No.    133 163.72 

1898. 

Aug.  21.      F.  N.  Chase,   secretary,  pay  roll    No.    .'1.    from 

Aug.  14th  to  Aug.  21st,  1898  132.98 

Error,   refunded  to   Treasurer      McCoid      (See 

Journal,  Page  193)    8.64 

Warrant  No.  1.34  141.62 

Aug.  25.      A.   F.    Collman,    fruit,    freight    and   expenses    .  132.85 

Warrant  No.  135  132.85 

Aug.  15.   F.   N.    Chase,  secretary,  salaiy    and    expenses 

Aug  5th  to   Sept.  5th,  1898 ISO. 55 

Warrant   No.   136    180.55 


158  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Sept.  12.     F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  disbuisements: 

Geo.  A.  Hoagland,  lumber  and    nails    8.90 

D.  C.  Wells,  decorations  25.00 

Craig  McQuaid,  photo  passes 8.00 

D.  E.    Milward,   expenses    15.00 

E.  B.  Egan,  labor .3.00 

O.  A.  Boehme,  photo  passes 6.00 

Omaha  Street  Railway  Co 5.00 

A.  Booth  Packing  Co 2 .  70 

Wyckoff,  Seamans  &  Benedict,    carbon    paper  1.00 

E.  B.  Egan,  labor   4.50 

Mossman  &  Dolliver  Co.,  printing    10.. 50 

E.    D.   Allen  Decorating   Co.,  decorations    ....  23.80 

Alfred  Bloom,  labor  and  drayage    7  JO 

New  Nonpareil  Co.,   printing 4.25 

J.  A.  Fullt^r,  lime  and  oil   .65 

Error,  refunded   to  Treasurer      McCoid,     (See 

Journal,    Page  193) 26.85 

Warrant  No.  137  152.85 

Sept.  4.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll    No.    7,    Aug. 

28th  to   Sept.   4th    225.30 

Warrant  No.  138  225.30 

Sept.  15.     Josselyn  &  Taylor,  to  apply  on    contract    101.45 

Warrant  No.  139  101.45 

Sept.  12.     L.  G.   Clute,   to  services,   grain  glassware  and 
other  expenses  and  material  for       agricultural 

exhibit    418.89 

Warrant  No.  140   418.89 

Sept.  12.  C.    T.   Lindsay,   R.   R.    fare  and   expenses 40.25 

Warrant  No.  141  40.25 

Sept.  12.     Hayden    Bros.,    merchandise: 

Oilcloth    .30 

Thread     .10 

Needles     .05 

Pens    '. .25 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  159 

Towels     1.00 

Crash    1.25 

Needles     .05 

Mirrors     1.00 

Ink    .50 

Mat.s     2.00 

Hair    brush    .50 

Hair    brush    .25 

Comb    .15 

Comb     .25 

Wisk  brooms    .30 

Brooms   1.80 

Mops     .60 

Soap    1.00 

Cloth    34.96 

Warrant  No.  142  46.31 


Sept.  12.  F.    M.    Chase,  secretary,    disbursements: 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co 4.26 

Exposition  Ice   Co 41.80 

American    District   Telegraph  Co 1.30 

C.   Thorston,   oil   .70 

Hayden   Bros.,   merchandise 9.95 

Graham  Drug  Co.,  rat  poison .,50 

A.   D.   T.  Co.,  express  .15 

A.    Richman,   hardware .20 

C.   M.    Howe,   paper  weights 1.50 

C.   &  N.  W.  R.   R .98 

Hayden  Bros.,  chain   3.29 

Warrant  No.  143 64.63 

Aug.  21.     F.    N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll   No.    6,    from 

*           Aug.   21  until  Aug.  2Sth,   1898 125.30 

Warrant  No.   144    125.30 

Sept.  15.    S.   B.   Packard,  commissioner,  R.    R.   fare  and 

hotel  expenses   27.60 

Warrant   No.    145 27.60 


160  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Sept.  15.    S.   B.  Packard,  commissioner,  R.    R.    fare  and 

hotel  expenses   39 .  65 

Warrant   No.   146    39.65 

Sept.  15.    Geo.    W.    McCoid,   treasurer,  R.    R.   fare     and 

hotel  expenses   28.30 

Warrant  No.  147  28.30 

Sept.  15.     S.  D.   Cook,  commissioner,  R.    R.      fare     and 

hotel  expenses   32 .  70 

Warrant  No.    148 32.70 

Sept.  12.    H.   H.   Markley,  P.   M.,  stamps,    26.00 

Warrant   No.   149   26.00 

Oct.  3.       Whitehead   &   Hoag   Co.,    souvenir  buttons 263.00 

Warrant  No.   150  263.00 

Oct.  1.       Herman      Knapp,      commandant   Agricultural 

college  cadets  450 .  00 

Warrant   No.    151   450.00 

Oct.  1.      E.    W.   Hart,   services  of   Council  Bluffs  band.  50.00 

Warrant   No.    152 50.00 

Oct.  1.  New    Nonpareil   Co.,    printing 101.74 

Warrant   No.    153 10174 

1898: 

» 
Oct.  1.        Ladies'   band   of  Eldora,   service.?     125.00 

Warrant  No.  154  125.00 

Oct.  1.        R.    H.    Moore,    commissioner,    R.  R.   fare  and 

hotel  expenses   31.12 

Warrant   No.   155    31.12 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  161 

Oct.  11.      F.  N.  Chas-e,  secretary,  pay  roll    No.    8    from 

Sept.  4th  to  Sept.  11th,  189S   126.26 

Error,   refunded  to  Treasurer      MeCoid,      (See 

Journal,    Page    193)     6.00 

Warrant   No.   156    132.26 

Oct.  18.       F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,    pay  roll    No.    9,    from 

Pept.   11th.   to   Sept.   ISth,   189J 119.81 

Warrant  No.   1.57   119.81 

Oct.  11.      J.  E.  E.  Markley,  commission?r,     R.     R.     fare 

and   hotel   expenses 52.94 

Warrant   No.  13S   .' 52.94 

(~)ct.  11.      S.   D.    Cook,   commissioner,   R.  R.  fare  and  ho- 
tel expenses   46.40 

Warrant  No.  159   46.40 

Sept.  11.     J.   E.    E.    Markley,    commissioner,    R.    R.    fare 

and  hotel  expenses  45.96 

Warrant   No.    160 45.96 

Oct.  1.        Wm.   Hortop,   decorations    60.00 

Warrant    No.    161    60.00 

Oct.  1.        F.     N.    Chase,    secretary,    di;  bursements: 

C.  Thorston,  oil    2.65 

Postal   Telegraph   Co .60 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co 6.06 

Omaha  Rubber  and  Stamp  Works,    badge     ...  1.00 

L.  I.   Sturm,  stenographer   3.00 

H.   L.  Chase  &  Co.,   duplicate     tags     2.00 

Carpenter   Paper  Co.,    statiorery    5.51 

Geo.  A.   Fabrick,   printing   2.00 

Craig  McQuaid,  photo   passes ■       4.00 

O.  M.   Oleson,  P.  M.,  stamps  3.50 

Craig  McQuaid,   photo  passes 2.00 

Geo.  A.  Hoagland,  lumber  2.85 

E.  Martin,   P.   M.,   stamps    5.00 

F.  J.  Sutcliffe,  stenographer  5.00 


162  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Delone   Egan,   labor    8.10 

Geo.  A.  Hoagland,  lumber  7.65 

Euclid  Martin,  P.  M.,  stamps .3.00 

A.  D.  T.  Co,  express  .2.5 

C,  M.  &  St.  P.  R.  R.,  freight 5.68 

Omaha  St.  Ry.  Co.,  checks   5 . 00 

Exposition   Ice   Co.,   ice    8.37 

Geo.   A.   Hoagland,   lumber   4.50 

Omaha   Paper   Box   Co .40 

A.   D.   T.  Co.,  express    2.00 

W.   T.  Thacher,  labor   2.00 

Snyder    &    Hurd,    printing    2.50 

P.    Carleton,    signs    32.25 

E.  D.  Allen,  Decorating  Co.,  decorations    3.00 

Dudley  Buck,   music    15.00 

Wells  Fargo   Express    Co.,  express    12.15 

I.  Kaughman,  music  17.00 

E.   D.   Allen,   signs   9.00 

Warrant   No.    162 183.02 

Oct.  21.     John   F.    Merry,    commissioner,  hotel  expense.  17.00 

Warrant  No.  163  17.00 

Oct.  21.     S.    B.    Packard,    commissioner,  R.  R.  fare  and 

hotel  expenses    51.07 

Warrant  No.  164    51.07 

Oct.  21.     F.   N.   Chase,  secretary,  salary  and  expenses..  182.75 

Warrant  No.  165  182.75 

Oct.  21.     Omaha    Club,    catering 198.15 

Warrant  No.  166  198.15 

Oct.  21.     A.   F.   Collman,  express  and  fruit   60.93 

Warrant  No.  167 60.93 

Oct.  21.     F.    N.    Chase,   secretary,   disbursements: 

Mrs.    Sanford  Harris,   laundry    24.09 

Trans-Mississippi       and       International     Co., 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  163 

water    ^^-^^ 

Omaha  Street  Railway  Co.,  car  checks   10.00 

H.   L.   Chase  &  Co.,  Duplicate  tags    2.00 

Geo.    A.    Hoagland,    lumber 23.00 

Grand  Hotel   '^ -^^ 

Sterling  Boiler  Compound  Co,  oil    7-10 

H.  Darey,  labor   ^-^^ 

Euclid  Martin,  P.  M.,  stamps 5-00 

E.  B.  Egan,  labor  1^.85 

Iowa  Agricultural  College,  expenses   24.12 

Craig  McQuaid,   photo  passes 5.00 

F.  N.   McDowell,   flags 6.00 

C.  Thorston,  oil  1-^*' 

Hayden  Bros.,  Duster  and  tacks    -"0 

Martin  &  Johnson,  coal   '^•^^ 

New  York  Plumbing  Co.,  plumbing-   42.28 

L.   G.   Clute,  expenses 2.39 

Paxton  hotel,    expenses 9-^^ 

N.  F.  Frauchere,  music    2.00 

N.  E.   Delanjee,  saddle  horses 6.00 

Palace  stables,  carriages 45.00 

Hess  &  Swoboda,  flowers   4 .  90 

Hey  wood    Bros.    &   Wakefield  Co 2.25 

Error,  refunded   to  Treasurer   McCoid,        (See 

Journal,   page  193  4.00 

Warrant   No.    16S 287.29 

Sept.  25.     F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll  No.    10,    from 

Sept.   18th   to   Sept.    25th,    1893 124.23 

Warrant     No.    169 124.23 

Oct.  9.       F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll   No.    12,    from 

Oct.   2nd  to  Oct.   9th,  1898 149.61 

Warrant    No.   170 149.61 

Oct.  2.      F.   N.  Chase,   secretary,   pay  roll    No.    11,    from 

Sept.   25th  to  Oct.  2nd,   1898   408.31 

Warrant  No.    171    


Nov.  10.      John   H.   Wallbank,    commissioner,  R.  R.  fare 
and   hotel   expeni 
Warrant   No.   172 


408.31 


and   hotel   expenses    69.09 


69.09 


15i  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

r.'ov.  10.      K.    H.    Moore,    commissioner,  R.   R.   fare  and 

hotel  expenses   30.22 

Warrant  No.  173  30.22 

Nov.  10.      Owen    Lovejoy,    commissioner,  R.  R.  fare  and 

hotel  expenses    31.95 

Warrant  No.  174   31.95 

Nov.  10.      Owen  Lovejoy,   commissioner,  R.   R.  fare  and 

hotel    expenses    32.75 

Warrant  No.  175   32 .  75 

Nov.  10.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  disbursements: 

New  York  Plumbing  Co 7.90 

Exposition  Transfer  Co.,  drayage     .25 

Exposition  Telephone  Co.,  seivice    22.50 

U.  S.  Treasury  Department,  revenue  stamps    .  5.00 

Euclid  Martin,  P.  M.,  Ptamp?  5.00 

Craig  McQuaid,  passes  2.00 

Euclid  Martin,  P.  M.,  stamps 20.00 

American  District  Telegraph  Co 1.60 

Wm.    Hortop,   decorations    25.00 

Carpenter   Paper  Co.,    stationery    15.68 

L.   J.   Hendershot,   badges    15.00 

Hess  &  Swoboda,  flowers  2.25 

F.  A.  Rhinehart,  photographs 10.00 

American   District  Telegraph  Co .60 

Hayden  Bros.,  merchandise   2.80 

Exposition  Ice  Co 22.88 

C.   Thorston,    oil    5.60 

Markel  Catering  Co.,  catering 29.00 

E.  A.  Hess,  fruit  49 .  25 

J.  W^.   Murphy,   fruit  and  expenses     28.33 

Warrant  No.   176   270. bt 

Nov.  10.      Hayden    Bros.,    merchandise: 

Matting 8.40 

Lemons     -80 

Sugar    .50 

Cigars    6.00 

Wire  and  hooks    •     .25 


REPORT  OF  AITD1TIN(}  COMMITTEE. 


16'> 


Lamp     . . . 
Tunifcler.s 
Soap    .... 


Railing    

Lye    

Vai'nish    

Ir.lv    

Ink     

Combs   

Stove   pipe    

Elbows    

Dampers     

Stove    board    . .  . . 

Thimble     

Flue    stop    

Coal   hod    

Fire    shovel     . . . . 

Oil    Stoves    

Lamps    

Jug    

Labor    

Plates    

Stove    

Warrant   No.    IT' 


7.00 
.60 

1.44 

• 

6.00 
.24 
.15 
.10 

1.00 
.40 

1.00 
.20 
.10 
..50 
.65 
.0.5 
.30 
.05 

8.50 

14.00 

.20 

5.00 
.20 

9.00 


72.63 


Oct.  16.     F.   N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll   No.    13,   from 

Oct.  9th  to  Oct.  16th,  .1898 

Warrant  No .    178   


149.61 


149.61 


Oct.  23.     F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  r.jll    No.    14,    from 
Oct.  16th  to  Oct.   23,  1898   


Warrant    No.    179. 


149.61 


149.61 


Nov.  28.   F.    N.    Chase,    secretary,   disbursements: 

Hay  den   Bros.,   merchandise 

United    States    Express    Co 

Omaha  fiubber  Stamp  Works,  badg-e   

P.   H.   Wind,  insurance 

United  States  Express  Co 

Bee    Publishing-    Co.,    publishing    

John  A.   O'Neill,   plumbing 


O..DD 

.75 
1.00 
109.00 
1.80 
3.00 
3.50 


166  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

New  Nonpariel  Co.,  printing 5.00 

American  Express  Co -^^ 

J.    C.   Stafford   8.15 

Martin  &  Johnson,  coal ^■'^^ 

Exposition  Ice  Co 1  •  ^^ 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co -35 

F.  A.  Rheinhart,  photographs 8.00 

World  Publishing  Co.,  publishing    3.80 

Hayden   Bros.,   merchandise -60 

Trans-^Mississippi   and   International     Exposi- 
tion, water  12.00 

J.   A.   Fuller  &  Co -25 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co -80 

Perkins  Bros.  Co.,  stationery 10.25 

Martin  &  Johnson,  coal 4.50 

Mrs.   Cora  Harris,   laundry &-51 

Carpenter  Paper  Co.,   stationery    1.80 

Wyckoff,  Seamans  &  Benedict,       type-writing 

Machine  90-00 

Western  Union  Telegraph   Co -25 

F.  A.  Rhinehart,  photographs 4.00 

A.    Newman,  oil   -65 

C.    Thorston,   oil    3.60 

■,      '              Sutcliffe    &    Sutcliffe,    stenographers    12.00 

Murray  Hotel    54 .  75 

Hayden  Bros 11-25 

■   ,             J.    W.    Murphy,    expenses    and  fruit    ,.  29.90 

E.   V.  Wright,  fruit   2.03 

Davenport  Furniture  Co 5.00 

U.    S.   Express,  express   6.75 

Iowa  Agricultural  College,  exhibit    17.65 

Warrant  No.  180 434.06 

Nov.  19.    S.  D.   Cook,  commissioner,  R.    R.      fare     and 

hotel  expenses   35.40 

Warrant  No.   181    35.40 

Nov.  19.    R.   H.   Moore,  commissioner,  R.    R.    fare    and 

hotel  expenses    28 .  02 

Warrant  No.    182 28.02 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  167 

1898 . 

Nov.  19.      Geo.  W.  McCoid,  treasurer,  R  R.  fare  and  ho- 
tel  expenses    8.30 

Warrant  No.  183  8-30 

Nov.  19.      Geo.  W.  McCoid,  treasurer,  R  R.  fare  and  ho- 
tel   expenses    16.60 

Warrant  No.  184  16.60 

Dec.  13.      S.  B.  Packard,   commissioner,  R.  R.  fare  and 

hotel  expenses    52.97 

Warrant   No.   185    52.97 

Dec.  13.      F.  N.  Chase,   secretary,  salary    and    expenses  189.50 

Warrant   No.   186    189.50 

Dec.  13.      J.    E.    E.    Markley,   commissicner,    R.    R.    fare 

and    hotel    expenses     20.60 

Warrant    No.    187    20.60 

Dec.  13.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll    No.    15,    from 

Oct.  23rd  to  Oct.  29th,  1898    145.16 

Warrant  No.  188 145.16 

Dec.  13.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  pay  roll.   No.   16    199.31 

Warrant    No.   189    199.31 

Dec.  17.      F.    N.    Chase,    superintendent  and      secretary, 

pay  roll.   No.    17    108.61 

Warrant  No.  190  108.61 

Dec.  17.      F.    N.    Chase,    superintendent     and     secretary 
disbursements: 

John  O.  OwenB  Transfer  Co.,  as   per   bill    26.95 

New  Murray  Hotel,  as  per  bill 18.75 

U.  S.  Express  Co.,  as  per  bill 1-75 

American  Express  Co.,  as  pe-     bill    .35 

C.  R.,  I.  &  P.  R.  R.,  as  per  bill 134 

American  Express  Co  ,  as  per    bill    2.60 


IGS  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

P.  H.  Wind,   as  per  bill    354.62 

Craig  McQuaid,  as  per  bill  2.00 

F.  A.    Rinehart,  as   per  bill 16.00 

Exposition   Telephone   Co.,   as  per   bill    8.30 

G.  E.  Thode,  as  per  bill   9.30 

C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.,  as  per  bill 1.50 

American    Express   Co.,    as  per  bill   1  60 

B.,  C.  R.  &  N.  R.  R.,  as  per  b:l'.     17.47 

H.   Lancaster,   as  per  bill    20.00 

J.  F.  Wilcox,  as  per  bill   5.00 

Bryant  Neely  Lumber  Co.,  as   per  bill   7.75 

Warrant  No.  191   

Dec.  17.      F.  N.  Chase,  secretary,  salary    and  expenses   .  161.. 30 

Warrant  No.  192   


495.28 


161.30 


Dec.  17.  Rand  &  Leopold  Desk  Co.,  fui  ni.shing-.s,  used 
as  part  of  the  exhibit,  to  be  sold  or  return- 
ed at  the  clo?e  of  the  expos  tion.  For  pro- 
ceeds, see  Salvage  Account: 

1  No.  0367  antique  desk   86.00 

1  No.  H89  antique  T.  W.  desk 40.00 

1  No.  13  mahogany  desk   .50.00 

1  No.  431  antique  desk,  K.  D 22.00 

INo.  397  antique  desk   54.00 

1  No.  358  antique  table,  K.  D 36.00 

1  No.  354  antique  table,  K.  D 32.00 

1  No.  6S2  antique  table  K.  D 64.00 

1  No.    M256  antique   desk  with  filing  closet...  40.00 

1  No.  21  antique  desk 11.03 

40  per  cent,  off  (Cat    No.  20)  

Warrant   No.   193    

Dec.  17.  A.  Ho?pe,  Jr.,  for  packing  ard  boxing  art  ex- 
hibit      60.00 

For   express    and    freight    prepaid   by   him    ...  44.32 

Warrant   No.   194    


;435.00 
174.00 


$261.00 


261.00 


104.32 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 


I  A* 


1S99: 


Jan.  31.  S.  B.  Packard,  live  stock  d(  partment,  dis- 
bursements, freight  and  terminal  charges  on 
live  stock  from  Iowa: 

John    Henderson,    Panora,    35.00 

Iowa   Agricultural   College,  Ames    118.34 

W.  L.  De  Clow,  Cedar  Rapids 76.00 

G.  E.  Ward,  Hawarden   .54.74 

E.  Lefebure.    Fairfax    62.68 

Albert  Harrah,  Newton   48.50 

W.    B.    Barney,    Hampton    62.40 

J.   H.   Van   Buren,   Quimby    14.60 

L.    E.    Williams,   Glenwood    27.29 

A.   J.    Lytle,    Oskaloosa    47.00 

Chas.  Escher  &  Sons,  Botna  35.93 

Blakely   &    Co.,    Grinnell    39.80 

A.  J.  Tittsworth,  Avoca  67.65 

Hoover  &  Harrison,  Oskaloofa 39.98 

J.  Evans,  Jr.,  &  Sons.  Emerson 30.04 

S.   A.   Converse,   Cresco    64.93 

Ed.  Wineland,  Avoca  30.60 

G.  F.  Marshall,  Monroe   46.40 

J.  R.  Westrope,  Harlan  33.00 

Wm.    Roberts,    Paton    43.61 

C.  Gloe,   Clinton 8.80 

Harvey  Johnson,   Logan 34.02 

Richie    Bros.,    St.    Charles 11.15 

F.  M.   McDarmid,   Cumberland 37.90 

A.    W.    Albertson   &    Son,    Inwood    23.95 

Ida   H.    Haworth,    New   Sharon    43.00 

W.   A.   McHenry,   Denison 36.83 

A.    C.  Binnie,  Alta 45.94 

J.   T.  Kinsell,   Mt.  Ayr 57.89 

Peter   Hopley,   Lewis .50.84 

John   Cresswell,  Bonaparte 53.80 

Chas.    Norton,    Corning    31.99 

James    A.    Loughridge,    Sigourney    49.94 

J.   :,!.    Hughes,  Lurav    28.08 


Warrant   No.   195,    (issued   to  F.  N.  Chase,  for 
disburseinents      in    live      stock   department).. 


1,432.6B 


170  IOWA  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

Jan.  31.     F.    N.   Chase,   secretary,   disbursements   to   S. 

D.    Cook,   commissioner's   expenses    37.55 

Warrant   No.   196 37.55 

Jan.  31.     F.   N.    Chase,   secretary,  salary  and  expenses.  109.53 

Warrant  No.  197 109.53 

Jan.  31.     F.    N.   Chase,  secretary,   disbursement: 

Exposition   Transfer   Co .50 

L.    I.    Sturm,    stenographer 12.00 

Horace  M.   Rebok   2.50 

Horace  M.  Rebok 1.50 

Conway  &  Shaw  1.00 

S.   A.   Rockwell  «&  Co 1.25 

Iowa  Agricultural  College 8.98 

G.  E.   Thode  27.45 

C.   F.   Lindley,  U.  S.  Exp .31 

U.   S.   Express  Co .30 

Wells  Fargo  &  Co.,  express 1.00 

Iowa   Telephone   Co .70 

John  O.  Owens  1.50 

H.  H.  Markley,  P.   .M 16.34 

J.    R.    Schaffer   19.20 

Bryant  Neeley  Lumber  Co... 6.05 

American  Express  Co .25 

Wells  Fargo  &  Co.,  express .30 

A.   McDonald    1.50 

Hayden  Bros   5.50 

Warrant  No.  198  108.13 

Feb.  16.     C.   T.  Lindley,   expenses,  Art  department   30.50 

Warrant  No.    199 30.50 

Feb.  15.     F.   N.   Chase,  superintendent  and  secretary  disbursements: 

L.   G.   Clute  73.27 

S.  D.  Childs  &  Co 10.50 

American   Express   Co .25 

S.  D.  Childs  &  Co 2.50 

J.   E.   Butler    33.00 

S.  A.  Rockwell  &  Co .25 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 


171 


Iowa  Telephone  Co 4.50 

H.    H.    Markley,  P.   M 17.00 

L.    I.    Sturm 14.00 

American    Express   Co -25 

American   Express   Co -30 

American    Express    Co 1-10 

Blue  Line  Transfer  Co li!.65 

U.    S.  Express  Co -60 

U.    S.  Express  Co .35 

F.    N.    Cliase,    secretary 6.20 

Wells  Fargo  Express  Co -30 

Wells  Fargo  Express  Co .10 

Warrant  No.  200 177. It 

Mar.  7.     F.   N.  Chase,  superintendent  and      secretary's 

salary,  Jan.  5th  to  Feb.  4th 125.00 

Warrant  No.  201 125.00 

May  1.      F.    N.    Chase,    superintendent     and    secretary, 
disbursements: 

L.    I.    Sturm    17.00 

C.   &  N.  W.   R.   R 1.31 

J.    A.    Schmidt    5.00 

American  Express  Co 1.35 

Adams    Express    Co 1 .  70 

Peter    Mouw,    live    stock    44.90 

Snyder  &  Hurd   1.25 

Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  express .26 

American  Express  Co .12 

United  States  Express  Co .26 

Bryant  Neeley  Lumber  Co 8 .  30 

L.   L  Sturm    17.00 

H.  H.  Markley  6.00 

Warrant   No.   202    104.45 

Mar.  10.      F.   N.    Chase,   superintendent     and    secretary, 

salary  and  expenses    54.87 

Warrant   No.   203    54.87 

June  12.    S.  H.  Mallory,  expense  account 66. 64 

Warrant  No.   204   6S.64 


172  lOWJ.  T-M.  AND  I.  EXPOSITION  COMMISSION. 

J.   E.   E.  Markley,  expense  account    12.43 

Wa  ri-a  n  t  No.  20.5   12.43 

R.     H.     Moore,     expense    account    17.. 58 

Warrant   No.   206    17.58 

John   H.    Wallbank,    expense  account    18.42 

Warrant  No.  207   18.42 

S.    D.    Cook,   expense   account 25. ID 

Warrant  No.  208  25.10 

Allan  Dawson,  expense  account    28.00 

Warrant   No.   209    0 28.00 

Geo.   W.    McCoid,    experse    account    21.45 

Warrant  No.  210   21.45 

Owen    Lovejoy,    expense   acccunt     9.90 

Wan-ant  No.  211   9 .  90 

Total    disbursements    to    date .$30,813.11 

Warrants  issued  to  date  on  account      of      dis- 
bursement?,   Nos.    1-211    inclvsiv'e    .$30,813.11 

Total  amount  drawn  from  state    treasury 34,000.00 

Errors,  refunded   53.49 

Organ   matter,   refunded 150.00 

Total  amount   received  on   account  of  salvag-e. 
(For  detailed  statement  of  salvage   se?     report 

of   superintendent   and   secretary    1,048.44 

Warrants  issued  on  account  of  disbursements. 

No.   1  to  211  inclusive 30,813.11 

Warrant  No.  212,  John  Herriott,    treasurer,   re- 
fund  to   state 3,000.00 

Balance  in  treasury   of  the  commission     1,438.82 

$35,251.93     $35,2.51.93 


REPORT  OF  AUDITING  COMMITTEE.  173 

CONSOLIDATED   STATEMENT. 

Of  Appropriations  and  Disbursements. 

Amount   appropriated   by    26th  Gen.  Assembly  $10,000.00 

Amount  appropriated  by  27tli  Gen.    Assembly.  25,000.00 

Total  receipts  from  salvage  and  other  sources.  1,251.93 

CONTRA. 

Total  disbursements,  warrants    No.     1    to    211 

Inclusive    $30,813.11 

Refund  to  state  treasurer  by  warrant  No.  212.  3,000.00 

Balance  appropriation  not  drawn  from  state..  1,000.00 

Balance  in  treasury  of  commission    1,438.82 


$36,251.93     $36,251.93 

Balance  in  hands  of  Geo.   W.   McCoid,   treas- 
urer Iowa  commission $1,438.82 

For  which  vouchers  will  be  returned,  accompanied  by  supplemental  re- 
port. 

We  have  also  examined  the  report  of  Treasurer  McCoid  and  compared 
the  account  of  warrants  paid  by  him  and  find  they  agree  with  schedule  of 
vouchers   approved   and-  warrants    issued. 

We  therefore  now  present  the  entire  list,  all  having  been  passed  upon 
:and  approved  by  your  committee  and  the  Executive  Council  of  State. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

■    JOHN  H.  WALLBANK,   Chairman. 
Auditing   Committee      OWEN  LOVEJOT. 

J.   E.   E.    MARKLEY. 


Resolution  ol  Executive  Council  of  State. 


Whereas,  The  Executive  Council  of  the  State  of  Iowa,  having  carefully 
watched  the  progress  of  the  work  committed  to  the  Trans-Mississippi  and 
International  Exposition  Commission,  and  having  scrutinized  all  expendi- 
tures and   the    report   this    day   submitted;    and 

"Whereas,   Every   detail   has   been  found  correct; 

Therefore,  Resolved,  That  the  work  of  said  Commission  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  approved,  and  that  the  following  named  gentlemen,  to-wit:  S.  H. 
Mallory,  President;  Allan  Dawson,  Vice  President;  F.  N.  Chase,  Secretary; 
Geo.  W.  McCoid,  Treasurer;  John  H.  Wallbank,  S.  D.,  Cook;  J.  E.  E. 
Markley,  S.  B.  Packard,  R.  H.  Moore,  Owen  Lrovejoy,  and  John  F.  Merry, 
composing   said   Commission,    are   hereby    commended  for  the  faithful     and 

laborious  service  rendered  to  the  State  and  the  conscientious  discharge  of 
the  responsibility  imposed. 

Adopted  by  unanimous  vote  of  Council  at  meeting  held  at  Governor's 
office  on  this  the  3rd  day  of  July,  1899. 

A.   H.   DAVISON, 
Secretary  of  Council. 

Certified. 


Trans-Mississippi  and  International  Exposition. 

June  I  to  November  I,  1898. 


OFFICERS. 

GuRDON  \V.  Wattles President 

Alvin  Saunders Resident  \'ice- President 

Herman  Kouxtze  Treasurer 

John'  A.  Wakefield Secretary 

Carroll  S.  Moxtcomery General  Counsel 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Zachary  T.  Lixdsey Chairman,  and  Manager  Department  Ways  and  Means 

Kdward  Kosewater Manager  Department  Publicity  and  Promotion 

Freeman  P.  Kirkendall    Manager  Department  Buildings  and  (irounds 

Edward  E.  Bruce Manager  Department  Exhibits 

Abra.m  L.  Reed Manager  Department  Concessions  and  Privileges 

Wm.  N.  Babcock Manager  Department  Transportation 


STATE  VICE-PRESIDENTS. 


ARKANSAS 

Hon.  W.  <i.  Vincenheller Little  Rock 

CALIFCJRNIA 
Hon.  <jeo.  W   Parstjns Los  Angeles 

COLORADO 
Hon.  Henry  P.  Steele Denver 

IDAHO 
Hon.  B.  P  Shawhan Payette 

IOWA 
Hon.  Geo.  F  Wright Council  BlutTs 

KANSAS 
Hon.  C.  A.  Fellows  Topeka 

LOUISIANA 
Hon.  C.  Harrison  Parker New  Orleans 

MINNESOTA 
Hon.  Frank  H.  Peavey Minneapolis 

MISSOURI 
Hon.  J^)hu  Doniijhan St.  Joseph 

MONTANA 
Hon.  W.  H.  Sutherlin ._ White  .Sulphur  .Sjjrings 

NEBRA.SKA 
Hon.  William  Neville North  Platte 


NEVADA 

11(111.  \\  111.  J.  Westerfield Reno 

NORTH  DAKOTA 
Hon.  C.  .\.  Lounsberry Fargo 

OREGON 
Hon.  B.  S.  Cook Salem 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 
Hon.   1  hoinas  H.  Wells Hot  Springs 

TEXAS 
Hon.  Oils  Reymershoffer ( jalveston 

UTAH 
Hon.  Lewis  W.  Shurtliff ( )gden  City 

WASHINGTON 
Hon.  Geo.  W.  Thompson Tacoina 

WYOMING 
Hon.  Frank  P.  Graves  Laramie 

ALASKA 
Hon.  James  Sheakley Sitka 

ARIZONA 
Hon.  Charles  R.  Drake Tucson 

NEW    MEXICO 
Hon.  L.  Hradford  Prince Santa  Fe 

OKLAHOMA 
Hon .  Eugene  Wallace Oklahoma  City 


ARCHITECTS. 

Walker  &  Kimball,  Boston  and  Omaha,  Supervising  Architects. 
Eames  &  Young,  St.  Louis,  Vine  Arts  Building. 

S.  S.  BemaH,  Chicago,  Manufacturers  and  Liberal  Arts  Building. 
Cass  Gilbert,  St.  Paul,  Agricultural  Building. 

J.  J.  Humphreys,  Denver,  Mines  and  Mining  Building. 

Dwight  Perkins,  Chicago,  Machinery  and  Electricity  Building. 
Fisher  &  Laurie,  Omaha,  Auditorium. 

Charles  F.  Biendorff,  Omaha,  Horticulture  Building. 
F.  A.  Henninger,  Omaha,  Dairj'  Building. 

John  McDonald.  Omaha,  Apiary  Building. 


Roster  o[  Employees  d  the  lowd  Building  dnd  Exhibits. 


ARCHITECTS, 

JOSSELVN  &  TAYLOR  CO  ,  Cedar  Rapids. 

CORTRACTOR, 

P.  H.  WIND,  Council  Bluffs. 

DECORATOR. 

D.  E.  MILWARD,  Sioux  City. 


Roster  of  Employes  at  State  Building  and  in  Other  Departments  Who 
Served  One  Month  or  Morp. 

Mrs.   C.  O.  McBride,  hostess Muscatine. 

Mrs.   J.    N.  Weaver,   hostess Council  Bluffs. 

Mrs.    F.   N.    Chase,  hostess Cedar     Falls 

Guy   E.    Thode,    book-keeper Stuart 

Mrs.    Fred.    McCausland,   stenographer Washington. 

Miss  Nellie  Barber,  registry  clerk Oakland 

Mrs.    M.    A.    Thompson,    registry    'lerk    Davenport 

B.    I.    Kinsey,    night-watch Harlan 

J .  D .  Hornby,   night  watch Logan 

12.   E.    Crawford,   assistant Mt.  Pleasant 

Geo.    R.    Felthous,    assistant Mason  City 

Mortimer  E.   Wilson,   assistant Chariton 

P.   J.   Klinker,  assistant Denison 

Harry    V.    Henness,    assistant Keokuk 

R.  H.  Moore,  Jr.,  assistant Ottumwa 

Fred .   Wright,  janitor Marshalltown 

Mrs.   Fred  Wright,  assistant   janitor Marshalltown 

Miss  Eva  Robinson,  maid Des  Moines 

Sanford    Harris,    porter Omaha 

OTHER  DEPARTMENTS. 

A.    F.    CoUman,    superintendent.    Horticultural   department Corning 

J.   W,  Murphy,  superintendent,  horticultural  department Glenwood 

J.    F.   Wilcox,  Florist,  horticultural   deoartment Council    Bluffs 

Wesley  Green,  assistant,   horticultural  department   Dave   Tirt 

Miss   Etta  M.   Budd.   assistant   horticultui  al    department    Ames 

Miss  Jessica   Wallace,    assistant,   hortieultural    department Corning 

Miss  Emma  C.  Williams,  assistant  horticultural   department..  .Council  Bluffs 

L.    G.    Clute,    sup't.    agr.,   dairy  and  Apiary    department Greeley 

Fred  Hethershaw.  asst.    agr.   department    Des  Moines 

Robert   E.    Fnowden.   asF-t.    agr.   department Cedar  Falls 


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